Von Braun reaction
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| Named after | Julius von Braun | ||||||||
| Reaction type | Substitution reaction | ||||||||
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The von Braun reaction is an organic reaction in which a tertiary amine reacts with cyanogen bromide to an organocyanamide. An example is the reaction of N,N-dimethyl-1-naphthylamine:
These days, most chemist have replaced cyanogen bromide reagent with chloroethyl chloroformate reagent instead. It appears as though Olofson et al. was the first chemist to have reported this.