| 摘要 |
The present invention provides a process for producing a nitrile represented by the general formula (1): RC=N(1) wherein R is alkyl, alkenyl, aralkyl or aryl, each may have a substituent, characterized by heating an aldoxime represented by the general formula (2): RCH=NOH(2) wherein R is as defined above, in the presence of one or more catalysts selected from hydroxides of alkali metals, alcoholates of alkali metals, hydroxides of alkaline earth metals and alcoholates of alkaline earth metals, and distilling off water formed in the course of the reaction from the reaction system. The process according to the present invention can produce a nitrile which is useful as a perfume or as a starting material for the organic synthesis of perfumes, medicines and so on in high yields and advantageously from the viewpoint of production economy.
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