Uses
Quinoline-2-carbonitrile is used to produce quinoline-2-carboxylic acid amide. It is an important raw material and intermediate used in organic synthesis, pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and dyestuff.
Synthesis Reference(s)
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 81, p. 4004, 1959
DOI: 10.1021/ja01524a046
General Description
Mechanism of the photoinduced substitution reaction of 2-quinolinecarbonitrile in alcohols or ethers has been reported. Photoinitiated dimerization of 2-quinolinecarbonitrile in HCl-acidified 2-propanol/water has been investigated at 77K and 331K. Benzophenone-sensitization of 2-quinolinecarbonitrile has been reported to yield triazapentaphene.