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Deaminative thiocyanation of anilines using ferric nitrate

Liang Wang 1
Liang Wang
, 
Yu-Chen Wang 2
Yu-Chen Wang
, 
Yan Yang 2
Yan Yang
, 
Xue-Ru Yan 1
Xue-Ru Yan
, 
Dan Wang 1
Dan Wang
, 
Mei Hong 3
Mei Hong
1 School of Chemical and New Materials, Changzhou Vocational Institute of Engineering, Changzhou 213164, P. R. China
2 School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, P. R. China
3 College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, P. R. China
10.71267/mencom.8092
Published 23 September 2026 , received 8 May 2026
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.71267/mencom.8092
UR - https://mendcomm.colab.ws/publications/10.71267/mencom.8092
TI - Deaminative thiocyanation of anilines using ferric nitrate
T2 - Mendeleev Communications
AU - Wang, Liang
AU - Wang, Yu-Chen
AU - Yang, Yan
AU - Yan, Xue-Ru
AU - Wang, Dan
AU - Hong, Mei
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/23
PB - Mendeleev Communications
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@article{2026_Wang,
author = {Liang Wang and Yu-Chen Wang and Yan Yang and Xue-Ru Yan and Dan Wang and Mei Hong},
title = {Deaminative thiocyanation of anilines using ferric nitrate},
journal = {Mendeleev Communications},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Mendeleev Communications},
month = {Sep},
url = {https://mendcomm.colab.ws/publications/10.71267/mencom.8092},
doi = {10.71267/mencom.8092}
}
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Keywords

anilines
aryl thiocyanates
deamination
ferric nitrate
radical pathway
thiocyanation

Abstract

The reactions of anilines with potassium thiocyanate in the presence of ferric nitrate as the diazotization reagent affords the corresponding aryl thiocyanates in good yields regardless of the substituent nature in the anilines. The in situ generated NO2 from ferric nitrate and Fe3+ cations play an important role in this reaction proceeding through a radical pathway.

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