Norma A Macías-Ruvalcaba et al.
The Journal of organic chemistry, 72(2), 589-594 (2007-01-16)
The mechanism of reduction of benzoyl cyanide, 6, p-methoxybenzoyl cyanide, 7, and p-chlorobenzoyl cyanide, 8, has been studied in acetonitrile (6 and 7), N,N-dimethylformamide (6), and acetonitrile containing water (all three compounds). The reaction proceeds by initial reduction to form