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  • The palladium-catalyzed desulfitative cyanation of arenesulfonyl chlorides and sodium sulfinates.

The palladium-catalyzed desulfitative cyanation of arenesulfonyl chlorides and sodium sulfinates.

Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2011-11-15)
Jianbin Chen, Yang Sun, Bin Liu, Dongfang Liu, Jiang Cheng
PMID22080409
ABSTRACT

A palladium-catalyzed desulfitative cyanation of arenesulfonyl chlorides and sodium sulfinates has been developed, providing aryl nitriles in moderate to excellent yields. It represents a facile procedure to access aryl nitriles.