ZnI2-catalyzed cyanation of acyl chlorides with TMS-CN: An interesting role of iodine

Letters in Organic Chemistry

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 637-641

  Zeng, Wei ^a   Yang, Jingya ^a   Meng, Bo ^a   Zhang, Bo ^a   Jiang, Mingzhe ^a   Chen, Fu Xue ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Acyl cyanide; Asymmetric reduction; Catalysis; Cyanation; Cyanohydrin; Iodine; Lewis acids; Nitrile

Indexed keywords

EID: 77249099808     PISSN: 15701786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157017809790442916     Document Type: Article

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