Highly efficient cyanosilylation of aldehydes and ketones under microwave, solvent-free, and Lewis acid-free conditions

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1801-1805

  Iida, Hirokazu ^a   Hamana, Hiroshi ^a   Matsumoto, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a CHIBA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyanohydrins; Microwave irradiation; Solvent free

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; BRONSTED ACID; CYANIDE; CYANOHYDRIN; KETONE DERIVATIVE; LEWIS ACID; SOLVENT; TRIMETHYLSILYL CYANIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; REACTION TIME; SILYLATION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 34250343690     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910701316185     Document Type: Article

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