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Mechanism of primary aliphatic amines oxidation to nitriles by the cuprous chloride - dioxygen - pyridine system.

1990; Elsevier BV; Volume: 31; Issue: 23 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0040-4039(00)89050-4

1873-3581

Patrice Capdevielle, André Lavigne, D. Sparfel, J. BARANNE‐LAFONT, Kim Cuong Nguyen, Michel Maumy,

Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry

Primary aliphatic amines are readily oxidized to nitriles by the preformed oxocopper(II) complex in the Cu(I)chloride/O2/pyridine system. A mechanism is proposed according to kinetic and deuterium isotope effects data.