ABSTRACT
o-Chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile (CS-gaz) has been found to react with KCN in DMSO and to form practically quantitatively a stable 1:1 adduct of carbanionic structure. The conversion results in the appearance of two very strong ν s C≡N and ν as C≡N IR bands of the dicyanomethide fragment of the adduct at 2161 cm−1 and 2106 cm−1, respectively. These bands can be used to detect selectively and to determine quantitatively CS and its chemical relatives, including in the presence of large quantities of other substances.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
This work was supported by the Bulgarian Fund of Scientific Research, Contract X-801.