Protonation of nitriles: isolation and characterization of alkyl- and arylnitrilium ions

Abstract

The reactions of acetonitrile, propionitrile, butyronitrile,N,N-dimethylaminoacetonitrile, benzonitrile,o-tolunitrile and 1,4-dicyanobenzene with HF/AsF5or HF/SbF5in anhydrous HF result in protonation of the nitrile.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2016
Source ID
10.1039/c6dt01301e

Entities

People

  • Amanda F. Baxter
  • Andreas Kornath
  • Joachim A. Axhausen
  • Karl O. Christe
  • Nadine R. Goetz
  • Ralf Haiges
  • Theresa Soltner

Organizations

  • Defense Threat Reduction Agency
  • Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute
  • Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
  • National Science Foundation
  • Office of Naval Research
  • United States Army
  • University of Southern California
  • Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry

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Fields of Study

  • Chemistry