Demonstrates a new method for synthesizing nitrile compounds using acetonitrile, suggesting safer synthesis alternatives.
A copper-catalyzed decarboxylative coupling of cinnamic acids with acetonitrile was developed. By using the free-radical hydrogen-atom-transfer strategy to activate the C–H bond in acetonitrile, a series of nitrile compounds were successfully synthesized. This method uses the common solvent acetonitrile as a source of a nitrile group for introduction into organic molecules, avoiding the use of highly toxic nitriles in conventional nitrile compound syntheses.
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