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The conversion of alcohols into nitriles was studied under conditions of indirect electrochemical oxidation with a catalytic system 4-acetylamino-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl–potassium iodide–pyridine in a two-phase aqueous organic medium of methylene chloride–aqueous sodium hydrocarbonate (pH 8.6) in the presence of hydroxylamine as a source of nitrogen. The desired products were obtained with yields of up to 70%.
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This study was performed on the laboratory equipment of the Nanotechnologies Multiaccess Center of Platov South-Russian State Polytechnic University.
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The study was financially supported by the Russian Scientific Foundation (project no. 16-13-10444).
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Published on the basis of materials of the XIX All-Russian Conference “Electrochemistry of Organic Compounds” (EKHOS-2018) (with international participation), Novocherkassk, 2018.
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Kashparova, V.P., Shubina, E.N., Il’chibaeva, I.B. et al. Transformation of Alcohols into Nitriles under Electrocatalytic Oxidation Conditions. Russ J Electrochem 56, 422–425 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1023193520050055
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