title: Highly efficient and catalytic conversion of aldoximes to nitriles.
abstract: Catalytic dehydration of aldoximes can be performed highly efficiently with a catalyst system of [RuCl(2)(p-cymene)](2)/molecular sieves under essentially neutral and mild conditions, and various types of cyano compounds are produced in good to excellent yields. [reaction: see text]
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120-750, Korea.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chang