Author's Organization：Pharmaceutical Institute, Tohoku University Pharmaceutical Institute, Tohoku University Pharmaceutical Institute, Tohoku University Pharmaceutical Institute, Tohoku University
The cyanation of 3-halo-, 3-methoxy-, and 3-dimethylaminopyridine 1-oxide with trimethylsilanecarbonitrile gave predominantly the corresponding 3-substituted 2-pyridinecarbonitriles. The deoxygenation of nitropyridine 1-oxides to nitropyridines with the same reagent is also described.
