title: A novel oxidative transformation of alcohols to nitriles: an efficient utility of azides as a nitrogen source.
abstract: An efficient methodology to oxidize benzylic and cinnamyl alcohols to their corresponding nitriles in excellent yields has been developed. This methodology employs DDQ as an oxidant and TMSN(3) as a source of nitrogen in the presence of a catalytic amount of Cu(ClO(4))(2)·6H(2)O.
authors.affiliation: Department of Organic chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Balaji V
authors.initials: BV
authors.lastname: Rokade
authors.forename: Sanjeev K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Malekar
authors.forename: Kandikere Ramaiah
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Prabhu