Successive alkylation with different alkyl groups, followed by acid hydrolysis, leads to unsymmetrical ketones: Tetrahedron Lett., 4229 (1977). Similarly, dialkylation with ɑω-dihalides gives cyclobutanones: Synthesis, 325 (1980), or larger-ring ketones: Tetrahedron Lett., 22, 4193 (1981). Reaction of monoalkylated TosMIC with ɑω-dihalides is a useful route to 1,5- or 1,6-diketones: Rec. Trav. Chim., 104, 50 (1985).In the presence of base (e.g. KO-t-Bu) in an aprotic solvent, e.g. DME, ketones are cyanated to give the homologous nitriles; see, e.g.: Org. Synth. Coll., 6, 41 (1988). Hindered ketones can be cyanated in DMSO: J. Org. Chem., 42, 3114 (1977). Aldehydes condense with TosMIC at -50o, followed by hydrolysis in refluxing methanol: Synth. Commun., 10, 399 (1980). For a brief feature on uses of the reagent in synthesis, see: Synlett, 363 (2005).
