1: 56 percent / nickel peroxide / benzene / 15 h / Heating 2: α-picoline, nitronium tetrafluoroborate / acetonitrile / 4 h / 20 °C View Scheme

1: 1) thionylchloride, 2) aqueous potassium hydroxide / 1) 0 deg C, 1 h, 2) reflux, 8 h. 2: 56 percent / nickel peroxide / benzene / 15 h / Heating 3: α-picoline, nitronium tetrafluoroborate / acetonitrile / 4 h / 20 °C View Scheme

1: 77 percent / Heating 2: 1) thionylchloride, 2) aqueous potassium hydroxide / 1) 0 deg C, 1 h, 2) reflux, 8 h. 3: 56 percent / nickel peroxide / benzene / 15 h / Heating 4: α-picoline, nitronium tetrafluoroborate / acetonitrile / 4 h / 20 °C View Scheme