REACTION OF NITRILES WITH SOLVATED ELECTRONS .3.

Study of the reaction of nitriles with solvated electrons demonstrated that reductive decyanation resulted from the interaction of primary, secondary, tertiary, and aromatic nitriles with solvated electrons generated from various sources. The reaction proceeds in high yields and is therefore attractive as a synthetic approach and as a new analytical procedure for the quantitative determination of tertiary nitriles. The reaction of 1,4-cyclohexanedicarbonitrile with solvated electrons seems to proceed via a 1,4 intradimerization. © 1969, American Chemical Society. All rights reserved.