NITRILE SPLITTING IN 2-AMINO-1-(ARYLMETHYLENEAMINO)-5-ARYL-3,4-DICYANOPYRROLES
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1007/1100Abstract
Nitrile splitting of the N–N bond with formation of 2-amino-5-aryl-3,4-dicyanopyrroles and the corresponding benzonitrile occurs when 2-amino-5-aryl-1-(arylmethyleneamino)-3,4-dicyanopyrroles are boiled in DMSO in the presence of alkali.
Authors: A. N. Lyshchikov, Ya. S. Kayukov, O. V. Pul'kherovskaya, A. N. Vasil'ev, and O. E. Nasakin.
English Translation in Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds, 1999, 35 (12), pp 1423-1425