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Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions Using Polyacrylamide-Based Phase Transfer Catalyst in Organic and Aqueous Media

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Dedicated to my dear friend and colleague Professor H. Forouzabadi on the occasion of his 65th birthday. Poly [N-(2-aminoethyl) acrylamido] trimemethyl ammonium chloride was prepared and used as an effective heterogeneous phase-transfer catalyst. This modified polyacrylamide catalyzed nucleophilic displacement of alkyl halides for easy preparation of alkyl thiocyanates, alkyl cyanides, alkyl azides, and alkyl aryl ethers in high yields and short reaction times in organic and aqueous media under two-phase and triphase conditions. The catalyst can be recovered and reused several times.

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