Asymmetric counteranion-directed Lewis acid organocatalysis for the scalable cyanosilylation of aldehydes

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Zhang, Zhipeng ^a   Bae, Han Yong ^a   Guin, Joyram ^a   Rabalakos, Constantinos ^a   Van Gemmeren, Manuel ^a   Leutzsch, Markus ^a   Klussmann, Martin ^a   List, Benjamin ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KOHLENFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CYANIDE; LEWIS ACID; TRIMETHYLSILYL CYANIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALDEHYDE; ASYMMETRY; CARBONYL COMPOUND; CATALYST; FOURIER TRANSFORM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANATION; CYANOSILYLATION; ENANTIOMERIC RATIO; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; SILYLATION;

EID: 84983314181     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12478     Document Type: Article

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