Pelouze Synthesis

J. Pelouze, Ann. 10, 249 (1834).

Formation of nitriles from alkali cyanides by alkylation with alkyl sulfates or alkyl phosphates:

V. Migrdichian, Chemistry of Organic Cyanogen Compounds (New York, 1947) p 6; D. T. Mowry, Chem. Rev. 42, 192 (1948); P. Kurtz, Houben-Weyl 8, 306 (1952).