One-pot synthesis of 4′-alkyl-4-cyanobiaryls on the basis of the terephthalonitrile dianion and neutral aromatic nitrile cross-coupling

• Roman Yu. Peshkov,
• Elena V. Panteleeva,
• Wang Chunyan,
• Evgeny V. Tretyakov and
• Vitalij D. Shteingarts

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1577–1584, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.153