Stephen Aldehyde Synthesis Solvent?

[Blammo]

I am looking to convert benzonitrile/pheny cyanide into benzaldehyde.

The stephen aldehyde synthesis appears to be the most convenient way, however, using anhydrous ether is less than convenient.

Is there another solvent that will work? I've been told chloroform works, and Google says dichloromethane, toluene, and ethyl acetate work. Would xylene work?

 

[mewnmewamine]

Benzyl cyanide can be turned into P2P directly there is no point in making unsubbed alde with it.

 

[Blammo]

Benzonitrile is not phenylacetonitrile

Benzonitrile has one less carbon on the chain.

The cas of the chemical I mean is 100-47-0

The stephen aldehyde synthesis is the only reasonable way I have found to reach a product which could produce p2p.

 

[mewnmewamine]

Ah shit sorry! Wasnt reading it properly i guess you could aminate it to benzylamine then do oxidative deamination to benzaldehyde? Found a paper on doing it with tea and coffee

Oxidative deamination of benzylamine and lysine residue in bovine serum albumin by green tea, black tea, and coffee - PubMed

Oxidative deamination by various polyphenolic compounds is presumed to be due to the oxidative conversion of polyphenols to the corresponding quinones through autoxidation. Here we examined the oxidative deamination by the polyphenol-rich beverages green tea, black tea, and coffee at a...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov