Alkali salt of L-proline as an efficient and practical catalyst for the cyanosilylation of a wide variety of carbonyl compounds under solvent-free conditions

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 775-791

  Shen, Zhi Liang ^a   Ji, Shun Jun ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cyanohydrin; Cyanosilylation; L proline salt; Solvent free condition; TMSCN

Indexed keywords

1 TRIMETHYLSILYLOXY 1 CYCLOHEXANECARBONITRILE; 1 TRIMETHYLSILYLOXY 1 INDANCARBONITRILE; 2 HYDROXY 2 (2 NITROPHENYL)ACETONITRILE; 2 HYDROXY 2 (4 CHLOROPHENYL)ACETONITRILE; 2 HYDROXY 2 (4 METHOXYPHENYL)ACETONITRILE; 2 HYDROXY 2 PHENYLACETONITRILE; 2 HYDROXY 4 PHENYL 3 BUTENENITRILE; 2 HYDROXY 4 PHENYLBUTANENITRILE; 2 HYDROXY N DECANENITRILE; 2 TRIMETHYLSILYLOXY 1,2,3,4 TETRAHYDRONAPHTHALENE 1 CARBONITRILE; 2 TRIMETHYLSILYLOXY 2 (2 NAPHTHYL)PROPANENITRILE; 2 TRIMETHYLSILYLOXY 2 (4 CHLOROPHENYL)PROPANENITRILE; 2 TRIMETHYLSILYLOXY 2 (4-METHYLPHENYL)PROPANENITRILE; 2 TRIMETHYLSILYLOXY 2 CYCLOHEXENECARBONITRILE; 2 TRIMETHYLSILYLOXY 2 METHYL 4 PHENYL 3 BUTANENITRILE; 2 TRIMETHYLSILYLOXY 2 METHYL 4 PHENYL 3 BUTENENITRILE; 2 TRIMETHYLSILYLOXY 2 PHENYLBUTENENITRILE; 2 TRIMETHYLSILYLOXY 2 PHENYLPROPANENITRILE; 2,4 DIPHENYL 2 TRIMETHYLSILOXY 3 BUT ENENITRILE; 2-TRIMETHYLSILYLOXY 2 (4 NITROPHENYL)PROPANENITRILE; ALKALI; BENZYL PHENYL TRIMETHYLSILOXY ACETONITRILE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CYANOHYDRIN; DIBENZYL TRIMETHYLSILOXY ACETONITRILE; DIPHENYL TRIMETHYLSILOXY ACETONITRILE; PROLINE; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SILYLATION;

EID: 61649118212     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910802431149     Document Type: Article

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