Process for the manufacture of aromatic cyanides

Details Process for the manufacture of aromatic cyanides Process for the manufacture of aromatic cyanides

1981-10-29

1983-03-29

Torrence, Dolph H.

Chemistry of carbon compounds

Miscellaneous organic carbon compounds

C-metal

C07C12175

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043783198

ABSTRACT:
The invention provides a process for the preparation of ortho- and para-hydroxybenzyl cyanides. The process of the invention comprises the reaction of an aromatic alcohol selected from ortho- and para-hydroxybenzyl alcohols with a cyanide reagent and an ester capable of esterifying the hydroxyl group of the benzyl alcohol.
In a preferred form of the process there is employed a route via the reaction of an ortho- or para-hydroxybenzyl formate with a cyanide reagent preferably selected from sodium and potassium cyanides.

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