Photochemical reductive homologation of hydrogen cyanide using sulfite and ferrocyanide?

Chemical Communications Pub Date: 2018-05-15 DOI: 10.1039/C8CC01499J

Abstract

Photoredox cycling during UV irradiation of ferrocyanide ([FeII(CN)6]4?) in the presence of stoichiometric sulfite (SO32?) is shown to be an extremely effective way to drive the reductive homologation of hydrogen cyanide (HCN) to simple sugars and precursors of hydroxy acids and amino acids.

Graphical abstract: Photochemical reductive homologation of hydrogen cyanide using sulfite and ferrocyanide
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