(Tributylphosphoranylidene)acetonitrile, 97%

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Application

(Tributylphosphoranylidene)acetonitrile can be utilized as a reagent in the: Stereoselective synthesis of skytanthine and other O- and N-containing heterocycles by Mitsunobu intramolecular cycloalkylation.Wittig olefination of esters, lactones, N-Boc lactam, and cyclic imide to corresponding Wittig products.

General description

(Tributylphosphoranylidene)acetonitrile or cyanomethylenetrimethylphosphorane (Bu₃P=CHCN) is a Wittig reagent employed in the transformation of the carbonyl compounds, including aldehydes, esters, and lactones into the corresponding unsaturated nitriles.

Packaging

500 mg in glass bottle

1 g in glass bottle