Chloromethyl aryl solid supports

Few preparations of nitriles have been performed on insoluble supports (Table 13.19). Aromatic and heteroaromatic nitriles have been prepared on solid phase from the corresponding iodoarenes by metallation followed by reaction with tosyl cyanide (Entry 1, Table 13.19). Moreover, the reaction of chloromethyl polystyrene with NaCN has been used to prepare support-bound benzyl cyanide (Entry 2, Table 13.19). Cleavage with simultaneous formation of nitriles can be achieved by treating polystyrene-bound sulfonylhydrazones with KCN (Entry 3, Table 13.19) or by cleaving amides from a Rink or Sieber linker with TFA anhydride (Entry 10, Table 3.38 [262]). Support-bound benzaldehydes have been converted into 3-aryl-2-propenenitriles by means of a Horner-Emmons reaction with (Et0)2P(0)CH2CN [263]. 

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