An Enzyme-Mimic Single Fe-N3 Atom Catalyst for the Oxidative Synthesis of Nitriles via C–C Bond Cleavage Strategy
Zehui Zhang describes the oxidative synthesis of nitriles via C–C bond cleavage.
Nitriles constitute a ubiquitous class of compounds, present in natural products, agrochemicals, and pharmaceuticals and widely utilized as versatile intermediates in organic synthesis. Cyanide-free, one-step direct construction of aryl nitriles – which occupy a particularly prominent position in terms of their applications – is often challenging under heterogeneous catalytic conditions. Professor Zehui Zhang’s research group at South-Central University for Nationalities (P. R. of China) has been focusing on the development of green and sustainable catalytic systems for the one-pot synthesis of various value-added compounds and recently achieved a breakthrough in this area of research.
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