Mild cobalt-catalyzed hydrocyanation of olefins with tosyl cyanide

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 46, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 4519-4522

  Gaspar, Boris ^a   Carreira, Erick M ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cobalt; Cyanides; Homogeneous catalysis; Hydrocyanation; Silanes

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; COBALT; CYANIDES; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS; HYDROCYANATION; SALIENT FEATURES; TOSYL CYANIDE;

OLEFINS;

EID: 34250772270     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200700575     Document Type: Article

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