Title:Highly Efficient and Selective Addition of Hydroxylamine to Nitriles in Ionic Liquids
Volume: 11
Issue: 5
Author(s): Attila Voros, Zoltan Baan, Geza Timari, Istvan Hermecz, Peter Mizsey and Zoltan Finta
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Keywords:
Amidoxime, benzonitriles, green chemistry, hydroxylamine, ionic liquid, selective synthesis.
Abstract: The solvent effect of different imidazolium, phosphonium and quaternary ammonium based ionic liquids was studied for the
synthesis of amidoximes, demonstrating enhanced selectivity when using IL’s as the reaction medium.