Photocatalytic dehydrogenative C-C coupling of acetonitrile to succinonitrile

The coupling of acetonitrile into succinonitrile via a dehydrogenative route is highly attractive in terms of valuable chemical synthesis and green hydrogen energy production. Here, the authors report succinonitrile synthesis with high selectivity and rate via a light driven dehydrogenative coupling...

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Main Authors: Xian Zhou, Xiaofeng Gao, Mingjie Liu, Zirui Gao, Xuetao Qin, Wenhao Xu, Shitong Ye, Wenhua Zhou, Haoan Fan, Jing Li, Shurui Fan, Lei Yang, Jie Fu, Dequan Xiao, Lili Lin, Ding Ma, Siyu Yao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32137-y