Cyanides, Isocyanides and Diazonium Salts

Chemistry · Chapter 20 · Organic Chemistry (Units 6-10: Haloalkanes and Haloarenes to Biomolecules)

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1. Part 1: Cyanides, isocyanides and making diazonium salts14 slides
2. Part 2: Reactions of diazonium salts14 slides
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Cyanides from alkyl halides and amides; isocyanides from alkyl halides and primary amines
Diazonium salts: preparation from aniline
Replacement reactions: Sandmeyer, Gattermann and Balz-Schiemann; replacement by -H, -OH and -NO2
Coupling reactions with phenol and aniline; importance of diazonium salts in synthesis