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Solvent‐free cyanosilylation of aldehydes catalyzed by SmI 2
Author(s) -
George Soney C.,
Kim Sung Soo,
Kadam Santosh T.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
applied organometallic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1099-0739
pISSN - 0268-2605
DOI - 10.1002/aoc.1324
Subject(s) - cyanohydrin , chemistry , trimethylsilyl cyanide , catalysis , solvent , organic chemistry , trimethylsilyl , cyanide
A novel method to obtain racemic cyanohydrin silylethers by reaction of trimethylsilyl cyanide with a variety of aldehydes promoted by catalysis of SmI 2 is reported. The corresponding cyanosilylethers were obtained in high yields (up to 99%) in solvent‐ free conditions at room temperature within a relatively short time using 0.01–0.5 mol% catalyst loadings. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.