Efficient iron single-atom catalysts for selective ammoxidation of alcohols to nitriles

Abstract

Exploring benign and green methodologies for the synthesis of functionalized nitriles continues to attract the interest of academic and industrial chemists. Here, the authors efficiently synthesize various aryl, heterocyclic, allylic, and aliphatic nitriles from alcohols in water under very mild conditions using zeolitic imidazolate frameworks derived Fe1-N-C catalysts.