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Rosenmund-von Braun synthesis
Introduction
The Rosenmund-von Braun synthesis is an organic reaction in which an aryl halide reacts with cuprous cyanide to an aryl nitrile [1] [2] [3].
The reaction was named after Julius von Braun and Karl Wilhelm Rosenmund.
References
- ↑ Karl Wilhelm Rosenmund, Erich Struck (1919). “Das am Ringkohlenstoff gebundene Halogen und sein Ersatz durch andere Substituenten. I. Mitteilung: Ersatz des Halogens durch die Carboxylgruppe”. Chemische Berichte. 52: 1749. doi:10.1002/cber.19190520840.
- ↑ Julius von Braun, Gottfried Manz (1931). “Fluoranthen und seine Derivate. III. Mitteilung”. Liebigs Annalen der Chemie. 488: 111–126. doi:10.1002/jlac.19314880107.
- ↑ For an example see: Organic Syntheses, Coll. Vol. 3, p.212 (1955); Vol. 28, p.34 (1948). http://www.orgsynth.org/orgsyn/pdfs/CV3P0212.pdf