Hydrogen Cyanide → Phenylglyoxylonitrile

HRID 1155562Notes

Reaction equation

[C:1](Cl)(=[O:8])[C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.[CH:10]#[N:11].[C-]#N.[Na+]>>[C:1]([C:10]#[N:11])(=[O:8])[C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1

Participants

Reactant 3

HCID 768Hydrogen Cyanide

HCID 7412Benzoyl chloride

HCID 8929Sodium Cyanide

Product 1

HCID 11953Phenylglyoxylonitrile

Procedure

Process as claimed in claim 1 wherein benzoyl chloride is heated in the presence of hydrocyanic acid anhydrous pyridine and sodium cyanide, to form benzoyl cyanide.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-59861718ef424cf8a2298fe8ccd1b608
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1981_11
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US04302583

Reaction notes

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