Electrolytic oxidation of ketones in a methanolic solution of sodium cyanide in the presence of catalytic amounts of potassium iodide
作者:Mitsuhiro Okimoto、Toshiro Chiba
DOI:10.1021/jo00075a010
日期:1993.11
The indirect electrolytic oxidation of ketones (1) in methanolic sodium cyanide was studied using iodide ion as a mediator. The product and the reactivity of ketone were dependent on the nature of the alkyl groups attached to the carbonyl group. Thus, 2-alkyl and 2,2-dialkyl ketones afforded the corresponding oxiranecarbonitriles 2 along with small amounts of methyl oxiranecarboximidate 3, whereas acetophenones exclusively yielded benzoylpropanedinitriles 4.