Recent advances in C–CN and C–H bond activation of green nitrile (MeCN) for organo-complexation, cyanation and cyanomethylation
M. Siddique, Indra Neel Pulidindi, Chuanlong Li
Abstract
The use of green and inexpensive organic nitrile (MeCN) as a cyano and cyano-methyl source for organo-complexation, cyanation, and cyanomethylation is reviewed.
Topics & Concepts
ChemistryCyanationNitrileMedicinal chemistryStereochemistryOrganic chemistryCatalysisCatalytic C–H Functionalization MethodsCatalytic Cross-Coupling ReactionsRadical Photochemical Reactions