@article { ISI:000354794500012,
	title = {Cu-catalyzed debrominative cyanation of gem-dibromoolefins: a facile access to alpha,beta-unsaturated nitriles},
	journal = {Organic \& Biomolecular Chemistry},
	volume = {13},
	number = {21},
	year = {2015},
	month = {APR},
	pages = {5918-5923},
	publisher = {ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY},
	address = {THOMAS GRAHAM HOUSE, SCIENCE PARK, MILTON RD, CAMBRIDGE CB4 0WF, CAMBS, ENGLAND},
	abstract = {<p>An efficient catalytic route for the synthesis of alpha,beta-unsaturated nitriles from easily accessible gem-dibromoolefins has been developed. The method utilized inexpensive reagents such as Cu2O as a catalyst, L-proline as a ligand and NaCN as a cyanide source to afford alpha,beta-unsaturated nitriles in high yields (62-86\%). A deuterium exchange study has shown that one of the bromide atoms of gem-dibromoolefins exchanges with cyanide while the other with a deuterium atom.</p>},
	issn = {1477-0520},
	doi = {10.1039/c5ob00394f},
	author = {Ahuja, Brij Bhushan and Sudalai, Arumugam}
}
