title: Metalated nitrile and enolate chlorinations.
abstract: Metalated nitriles and enolates rapidly and efficiently abstract chlorine from 2-chloro-2-fluoro-2-phenylacetonitrile to afford a diverse range of chloronitriles and chloroesters. The method provides the first general anionic chlorination of alkylnitriles, tolerates numerous functional groups, and addresses the challenge of synthesizing alpha-chloronitriles under mild conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15282-1530, USA.
authors.forename: Bhaskar Reddy
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Pitta
authors.forename: Fraser F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Fleming