Quantitative reactions for the chain elongation of aliphatic compounds.
Procedures are described for the reaction of methanesulfonates with potassium cyanide and for the conversion of the resulting nitriles to methyl esters. Both reactions in this method of chain elongation are quantitative and do not lead to alterations of olefinic double bonds.
D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D003486:Cyanides; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D008722:Methods; D009570:Nitriles; D013451:Sulfonic Acids
D003486:Cyanides; D005227:Fatty Acids; D009570:Nitriles; D013451:Sulfonic Acids