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Carbonyl-Stabilized Phosphorus Ylide as an Organocatalyst for Cyanosilylation Reactions Using TMSCN

Wen-Biao Wu, Xing-Ping Zeng* and Jian Zhou*

*Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330022; Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Shanghai 200032, P. R. China, Email: 005173jxnu.edu.cn, jzhouchem.ecnu.edu.cn

W.-B. Wu, X.-P. Zang, J. Zhou, J. Org. Chem., 2020, 85, 14342-14350.

DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.9b03347



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Abstract

Very low loadings of a N,N-diethylacetamide derived phosphorane efficiently catalyze the cyanosilylation of a broad range of ketones. Aldehydes, aldimines, and ketimines are also viable substrates.

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Key Words

Cyanohydrins, Organocatalysis


ID: J42-Y2020