In 2022,Ataie, Saeed; Ovens, Jeffrey S.; Tom Baker, R. published an article in Chemical Communications (Cambridge, United Kingdom). The title of the article was 《Solvent-free Zn (NSNO) complex-catalysed dihydroboration of nitriles》.Name: 2-Bromobenzonitrile The author mentioned the following in the article:
N-donors are the most commonly employed Lewis bases in ligand-assisted catalysis. A dimeric zinc complex (Zn-1) employing a tetradentate pyridine-thioether-anilido-aryloxide NSNO ligand (L) effects the quant. conversion of nitriles to the corresponding double hydroborated products at 1 mol% catalyst loading. Variable Time Normalization Anal. kinetic studies showed a first-order dependence with respect to the nitrile, pinacolborane and zinc and clear evidence for catalyst deactivation. A plausible ligand-assisted reaction pathway involves B-H bond activation by the aryloxide (vs. anilido) donor. After reading the article, we found that the author used 2-Bromobenzonitrile(cas: 2042-37-7Name: 2-Bromobenzonitrile)
2-Bromobenzonitrile(cas: 2042-37-7) is used as a starting material to synthesize novel benzothiophene derivatives that were found to exhibit antibacterial and antifungal activity. It is commonly employed in reactions that require an electron-rich species to carry out nucleophilic substitution (or addition) reactions.Name: 2-Bromobenzonitrile
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Nitrile – Wikipedia,
Nitriles – Chemistry LibreTexts