Construction of tetrasubstituted carbon by an organocatalyst: Cyanation reaction of ketones and ketimines catalyzed by a nucleophilic N-heterocyclic carbene

Synthesis

Volumn , Issue 16, 2006, Pages 2649-2652

  Fukuda, Yoshimasa ^a   Kondo, Kazuhiro ^a   Aoyama, Toyohiko ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyanation; N heterocyclic carbene; Nucleophilic organocatalyst; Tetrasubstituted carbon; Trimethylsilyl cyanide

Indexed keywords

AMINES; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CYANIDES; KETONES; OLEFINS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENE; NUCLEOPHILIC ORGANOCATALYST; TETRASUBSTITUTED CARBON; TRIMETHYLSILYL CYANIDE;

CARBON;

1,3 BIS(2,4,6 TRIMETHYLPHENYL)IMIDAZOLIUM CHLORIDE; ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; CARBENE; CYANIDE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; KETONE DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHYLSILYL CYANIDE; TRIMETHYLSILYL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CYANATION;

EID: 33748305544     PISSN: 00397881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-942483     Document Type: Article

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