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Nitrile

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Nitrile derivatives

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Nitrile

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Nitrile

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has method · 38
Nitrile → Alcohols, Alternative, Amino, Antoine Paul Nicolas Franchimont, Aromatic, Aryl, Belgian, Braun, Carbocyanation, Carboxylic, CCl3, Decyanations, Et2AlCN, For, Franchimont Reaction, From, HCN, Henry Drysdale Dakin, HMPA, Houben-Fischer
related to Occurrence in animals · 26
Nitrile → Abraxas, Arthropoda, Chilopoda, Coleoptera, Diplopoda, Gooseberry, Hemiptera, Himantarium, Hydrogen, In, Jadera, Lepidoptera, Marsh Hornwort, Numerous, Oribatida, Oribatula, Other, Parnassius, Phenylacetonitrile, Polydesmida
related to Occurrence in plants · 20
Nitrile → Acacia, Acacipetalin, Cyanolipids, European, Heracleum, Hydrogen, Ilex, In, In Ricinus, Lathyrus, N-glutamyl-3-aminopropionitrile, Numerous, Ricinus, Sapindaceae, Soap, Sutherlandin, The, Their, Trevia, Unsaturated
related to Nitriles in medicine · 15
Nitrile → As, Between, Drug Administration, For, In, Incorporation, It, Nitriles, PDE-3, Structurally, The, These, This, US Food, Verapamil
related to Preparation of aromatic nitriles · 13
Nitrile → Another, Aryl, Conversion, For, Grignard, II, Letts, Palladium-catalyzed, Pd, PPh3, Quinones, Rosenmund-von Braun, Sandmeyer
related to history · 12
Nitrile → Around, Fehling, Friedrich Wöhler, Gay-Lussac, He, Hermann Fehling, In, Justus, Liebig, Scheele, The, Théophile-Jules Pelouze
related to Occurrence in fungi · 12
Nitrile → Clitocybe, Diatretin II, Emericella, Fleshy Fungus, In, Many, Marasmius, Polyporus, Ritterlinge, The, These, Tricholoma
related to Plastics production · 12
Nitrile → Acrylic, Acrylonitrile, Another, Copolymers, Global, In, PAN, Pure, Several, Such, These, They
related to Dehydration of amides and others · 10
Nitrile → Braun, C-N, Common, In, Methods, Nitriles, Numerous, P2O5, SOCl2, Specifically
related to Occurrence in bacteria · 10
Nitrile → Aeromonas, Aetokthonos, Bacillus, Biosynthesis, From Micromonospora, Hydrogen, It, Pseudomonas, Streptomyces, The

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cyanide nitriles also acid hydrogen group used compounds reaction synthesis addition example carbon acrylonitrile acetonitrile important organic cyanides several atom

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Nitrileis ahighest-ranking functional group0.90text
acetone cyanohydrin or isovaleronitrile may be usedinstance ofas synthetic equivalents0.80text
phosphorus trichloride or triphenyl phosphiteinstance ofAmides can also be dehydrated using trivalent phosphorus reagents0.80text
aliphatic aldoxime dehydratase are also effective.Aldoximes may also be dehydrated with cyanuric chlorideinstance ofBiocatalysts0.80text
the Burgess reagentinstance ofBiocatalysts0.80text
or a combination of trifluoromethanesulfonic acid anhydrideinstance ofBiocatalysts0.80text
triphenylphosphineinstance ofBiocatalysts0.80text
the latter being oxidized to triphenylphosphine oxideinstance ofBiocatalysts0.80text
TEMPO or 4-acetamido-TEMPO as catalytic oxidantsinstance ofseveral selective methods have been developed in the last decades for electrochemical processes.Several procedures employ nitroxyl radicals0.80text
lanthanuminstance ofSuitable catalysts for this transformation include lanthanide alkoxides0.80text
trimethylaluminum or triphenylboraneinstance offor example by employing a different phosphane or adding a frustrated Lewis pair0.80text
allows addition of non-aromatic nitrilesinstance offor example by employing a different phosphane or adding a frustrated Lewis pair0.80text

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