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• TITLE: Dehydrosulfurization of Aromatic Thioamides to Nitriles Using Indium(III) Triflate

  AUTHORS: Tomoko Mineno, Yu Takebe, Chiaki Tanaka, Sho Mashimo

  KEYWORDS: Indium(III) Triflate, Dehydrosulfurization, Thioamide, Nitriles

  JOURNAL NAME: International Journal of Organic Chemistry, Vol.4 No.3, August 25, 2014

  ABSTRACT: The efficient dehydrosulfurization of thioamides to nitriles was carried out using indium(III) triflate as a catalyst. Based on the results of the initial study, the optimal reaction conditions required 5 mol% of indium(III) triflate with toluene as the practical solvent. Various thioamides were successfully converted to nitriles in high yields.