Aliphatic primary amines having α-methylene underwent oxidative dehydrogenation on treatment with NiSO4 as a catalyst and K2S2O8 as an oxidant to give the corresponding nitriles in good yields. Benzhydrylamine was converted to benzhydrylideneamine quantitatively under the same reaction conditions.
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