(opens in new window) Buy Article (opens in new window) Permissions and Reprints (opens in new window) All articles of this category (opens in new window) Dimethylaminopyridine activates cyanogen bromide towards C-C bond formation by forming 1-cyano- 4 -dimethylaminopyridinium bromide. The latter serves as a convenient reagent for the synthesis of 2-cyanoimidazoles.
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Whitten et al. (1988) studied this question.