Citation: Roya Azadi, Babak Mokhtari, Mohamad-Ali Makaremi. Phosphine-free conversion of alcohols into alkyl thiocyanates using trichloroisocyanuric acid/NH₄SCN[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2012, 23(1): 77-80. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2011.09.022 shu

Phosphine-free conversion of alcohols into alkyl thiocyanates using trichloroisocyanuric acid/NH₄SCN

Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz 61357-43337, Iran

Received Date: 13 July 2011

Fund Project: We thank Shahid Chamran University Research Council, Ahvaz, for financial support of this investigation.

A convenient and efficient phosphine-free procedure for the one-pot conversion of primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols into the corresponding alkyl thiocyanates or alkyl isothiocyanates is described using trichloroisocyanuric acid/NH₄SCN.
- Phosphine-free,
- Alcohol,
- Thiocyanate,
- Trichloroisocyanuric acid,
- Thiocyanation
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