Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun.
2002, 67, 831-835
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc20020831
Synthesis of Novel o-Carborane-Based Ketonitriles and Their Keto-Enol Tautomerism
Andrey A. Semioshkin*, Sviatoslav G. Inyushin, Pavel V. Petrovskii and Vladimir I. Bregadze
A. N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, 28 Vavilova Str., 119991 Moscow, Russia
Abstract
Novel o-carborane-based ketonitriles were obtained in enol form via acylation of malononitrile with 2-methylcarborane-1-carbonyl chloride as well as by acylation of o-carboranylacetonitrile with benzoyl chloride. These ketonitriles appear to exist in solution mostly in enol form.
Keywords: Boranes; Carboranes; o-Carborane; Acylation; Malononitrile; Enolization.
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