Letts nitrile synthesis

The Letts nitrile synthesis is the chemical reaction of aromatic carboxylic acids with metal thiocyanates to form nitriles.^[1][2]

References

1. ^ Letts, E. A. Ber. 1872, 5, 669.
2. ^ Mowry, D. T. Chem. Rev. 1948, 42, 264.