Facile synthesis of nitriles via manganese oxide promoted oxidative dehydrosulfurization of primary thioamides

摘要

In the presence of manganese oxides, dehydrosulfurization of various kinds of primary thioamides including aromatic, hetero-cyclic, and aliphatic ones efficiently proceeded to give the corresponding nitriles in high yields. The observed catalysis was truly heterogeneous, and manganese oxides could be reused.