Robust and efficient, yet uncatalyzed, synthesis of trialkylsilyl-protected cyanohydrins from ketones

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2446-2449

  Cabirol, Fabien L ^a,b   Lim, Angela E C ^a   Hanefeld, Ulf ^b   Sheldon, Roger A ^b   Lyapkalo, Ilya M ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Singapore)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BONDS; NEGATIVE IONS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

CYANOHYDRINS; CYANOSILYLATION; SODIUM CYANOALCOHOLATES;

KETONES;

ACETOPHENONE; CYANOHYDRIN; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; KETONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; DEPROTECTION REACTION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SILYLATION; SYNTHESIS;

KETONES; NITRILES; SILANES;

EID: 41949124848     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo702587e     Document Type: Article

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