Highly efficient syntheses of β-cyanoketones via conjugate addition of Me3SiCN to aromatic enones

Chinese Journal of Chemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 981-987

  Yang, Jingya ^a,b   Chen, Fuxue ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NORTHWEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

1,4 addition; CsF; Cyanides; Enones; Regioselectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954482390     PISSN: 1001604X     EISSN: 16147065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.201090182     Document Type: Article

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