A photocatalyzed method for the synthesis of δ-ketonitriles from the reaction of diaryl allyl alcohols with bromoacetonitrile is developed. The result of control experiments indicates that the reaction might proceed via a free radical mechanism and bromoacetonitrile was the source of cyanomethyl radical.
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