Lewis base-catalyzed cyanomethylation of aldimines with trimethylsilylacetonitrile

Chemistry Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1134-1135

  Kawano, Yoshikazu ^a,b   Fujisawa, Hidehiko ^a,b   Mukaiyama, Teruaki ^a,b  

^a KITASATO INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 26844476715     PISSN: 03667022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1246/cl.2005.1134     Document Type: Article

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33. 4. After filtration and evaporation of the solvent, the resulted residue was purified by preparative TLC to give the desired product (83.8 mg, 93%) as a white powder.