ABSTRACT
Treatment of o-alkoxybenzaldoxime ethers 3 with an equimolar amount of NiCl2 and 3 equimolar amounts of Zn gave o-alkoxybenzonitriles 4 in good yields. It is suggested that the reaction proceed via coordination of the ether oxygen atom of alkyl ether moiety to low-valent metal species.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
This work was supported by Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation Fund and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan.