title: Photo-assisted cyanation of transition metal nitrates coupled with room temperature C-C bond cleavage of acetonitrile.
abstract: It is a challenge to use acetonitrile as a cyanating agent because of the difficulty in cleaving its C-CN bond. Herein, we report a mild photo-assisted route to conduct the cyanation of transition metal nitrates using acetonitrile as the cyanating agent coupled with room-temperature C-C bond cleavage. DFT calculations and experimental observations suggest a radical-involved reaction mechanism, which excludes toxicity from free cyanide ions.
authors.affiliation: Key Lab of Applied Chemistry of Zhejiang Province, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Shihui
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: Renhong
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Hisayoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Juanjuan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fan
mesh_terms: D000097:Acetonitriles / Q000737:chemistry*; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D008670:Metals / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D009566:Nitrates / Q000737:chemistry*; D055668:Photochemical Processes; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D000097:Acetonitriles; D008670:Metals; D009566:Nitrates; D002244:Carbon; C032159:acetonitrile