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• TITLE: Highly-Efficient Conversion of Primary Amides to Nitriles Using Indium(III) Triflate as the Catalyst

  AUTHORS: Tomoko Mineno, Mamika Shinada, Kazuki Watanabe, Hitoshi Yoshimitsu, Hiroyuki Miyashita, Hisao Kansui

  KEYWORDS: Indium(III) Triflate; Primary Amides; Nitriles

  JOURNAL NAME: International Journal of Organic Chemistry, Vol.4 No.1, February 28, 2014

  ABSTRACT: Indium(III) triflate, a trivalent indium reagent, was shown to be a highly-efficient catalyst for the conversion of primary amides to the corresponding nitriles. The successful reactions required 5 mol% of indium(III) triflate, and toluene was proved to be the most suitable solvent. Various amides were subjected to this method, and each produced the corresponding nitriles in excellent yields.