Rosenmund-von Braun Synthesis

K. W. Rosenmund, E. Struck, Ber. 52, 1749 (1916); J. von Braun, G. Manz, Ann. 488, 111 (1931).

Conversion of aryl halides to aromatic nitriles in the presence of cuprous cyanide:

Reviews: D. T. Moury, Chem. Rev. 42, 207 (1948); J. E. Callen et al., Org. Syn. 3, 212 (1955); M. S. Newman, ibid. 631; K. Takagi et al., Bull. Chem. Soc. Japan 48, 3298 (1975); P. Bouyssou et al., J. Heterocyclic Chem. 29, 895 (1992).