Abstract
Nitriles are conveniently reduced to aldehydes by sodium hypophosphite and Raney nickel in aqueous acetic acid or aqueous acetic acid-pyridine at room temperature and pressure. A modification of this procedure serves as a convenient qualitative test for nitriles.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3961-3963 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed) |
| Publication status | Published - 1962 |