Fluorinations with complex metal fluorides. Part 5. Fluorination of nitriles over caesium tetrafluorocobaltate(III)
- 1 January 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1
- p. 1507-1511
- https://doi.org/10.1039/p19800001507
Abstract
Benzonitrile and the isomers of benzenedicarbonitrile (phthalo-, isophthalo-, and terephthalo-nitrite) have been fluorinated over caesium tetrafluorocobaltate(III) at elevated temperatures to give mixtures containing undecafluorocyclohexanecarbonitrile. In addition the dinitriles gave decreasing yields (1,4- > 1,3- > 1,2-) of the corresponding cyclohexanedicarbonitriles. Some reactions (addition, defluorination, hydrolysis, and reduction) of undecafluorocyclohexanecarbonitrile are described.Keywords
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