ChemInform Abstract: A Bimetallic Aluminum(salen) Complex for Asymmetric Cyanohydrin Synthesis.

Abstract

Cyanohydrins Q 0521A Bimetallic Aluminum(salen) Complex for Asymmetric Cyanohydrin Synthesis.-Optimized reaction conditions using a chiral aluminum complex and phosphine oxide as catalysts are developed for the addition of trimethylsilyl cyanide to aldehydes. -(NORTH*, M.; WILLIAMSON, C.; Tetrahedron Lett. 50 (2009) 26, 3249-3252; Sch. Chem., Univ. Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK; Eng.) -Mais 41-076