Graphite as an Efficient Catalyst for One-Step Conversion of Aldehydes into Nitriles in Dry Media

Hashem  Sharghi; Mona Hosseini  Sarvari

doi:10.1055/s-2003-36830

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Graphite as an Efficient Catalyst for One-Step Conversion of Aldehydes into Nitriles in Dry Media

Hashem Sharghi*, Mona Hosseini Sarvari
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz 71454, Iran
e-Mail: shashem@chem.susc.ac.ir;

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Graphite is found to promote the conversion of aldehydes into nitriles in high yields.

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nitriles - aldehydes - graphite - solvent-free conditions - one-step procedure

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