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Cover Picture: Catalytic Oxidative Synthesis of Nitriles Directly from Primary Alcohols and Ammonia (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 34/2009)
Author(s) -
Oishi Takamichi,
Yamaguchi Kazuya,
Mizuno Noritaka
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200990175
Subject(s) - nitrile , catalysis , ammonia , chemistry , ruthenium , primary (astronomy) , oxidative phosphorylation , organic chemistry , hydroxide , int , ammonia production , combinatorial chemistry , computer science , biochemistry , physics , astronomy , operating system
A supported ruthenium hydroxide serves as an efficient heterogeneous catalyst for the aerobic oxidative synthesis of nitriles, which are widely used in the production of pharmaceuticals as well as agricultural and fine chemicals. N. Mizuno and co‐workers show in their Communication on page 6286 ff. that nitriles can be synthesized directly from alcohols or aldehydes and ammonia by using this method, thus providing a new avenue for green nitrile synthesis.