ABSTRACT
Polyethylene glycol (PEG) supported phosphorus chloride has been developed and used as an efficient and recyclable catalyst for dehydration of various aldoximes into the corresponding nitriles. This protocol has many advantages such as high conversion, high selectivity, short reaction time, mild reaction conditions, and simple experimental procedure.
Funding
Financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21062007), the Opening Foundation of National Research Center for Carbohydrate Synthesis (No. GJDTZX-KF-201414), the Opening Foundation of Key Laboratory of Functional Small Organic Molecule, Ministry of Education (No. KLFS-KF-201411) and the Research Program of Jiangxi Province Department of Education (No. GJJ11380) is gratefully acknowledged.