title: Iodine-catalyzed ammoxidation of methyl arenes.
abstract: The development of organic transformation using cheap and readily available substrates under mild conditions will be pivotal for green and sustainable synthetic organic chemistry. Concerning our continued interest in the cyanation reaction, a metal-free direct ammoxidation of readily available methyl arenes leading to nitriles was established under mild conditions. A series of aryl methanes especially heteroaryl methanes (30 examples) were applicable in moderate to good yields with good functionality tolerance.
authors.affiliation: School of Petrochemical Engineering, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials & Technology, and Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Fine Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, 1 Gehu Road, Changzhou, 213164, P. R. China. jiangcheng@cczu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Songjin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Gen
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.forename: Song
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Jin-Tao
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Jiang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cheng