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Synthetic Communications
An International Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Volume 42, 2012 - Issue 3
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Original Articles

Efficient Selective Synthesis of Ethylbenzonitriles

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Pages 375-379 | Received 22 Jan 2010, Published online: 06 Oct 2011
 

Abstract

Ethylbenzonitriles were synthesized by selective gas-phase ammoxidation of ethylbenzyl chlorides prepared by chloromethylation of ethylbenzene in good yields and almost 100% selectivity at ca. 200 °C for the first time.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors are grateful for the financial support from the Natural Sciences Foundation of China (40830852, 21172269) and the Natural Sciences Foundation of Hubei Province (2008CDZ038).

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