Abstract
A combination of tetrachlorosilane and potassium cyanide (in situ trichlorosilyl cyanide) was found to work efficiently for hydrocyanation of ketones to afford the corresponding cyanohydrins in high yield under mild conditions.
- Title
- Novel Uncatalyzed Hydrocyanation of Ketones utlizing Tetrachlorosilane-Potassium Cyanide Reagent
- Creators - without role
- Tarek A. Salama - Mansoura UniversitySaad S. Elmorsy - Mansoura UniversityAbdel-Galel M. Khalil - Mansoura UniversityMargret M. Girges - Mansoura UniversityAbdel-Aziz S. El-Ahl - Mansoura University
- Publication Details
- Synthetic communications, Vol.37(8), pp.1313-1319
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- Identifiers
- 9931331808331
- Academic Unit
- Umm Al Qura University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article