Yumiko Suzuki, A. Bakar, K. Muramatsu
Apr 24, 2006
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Tetrahedron
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Abstract N -Heterocyclic carbenes produced in situ from salts of imidazolium, benzimidazolium, pyrido[1,2- c ]imidazolium, imidazolinium, thiazolium, and triazolium catalyze the addition of trimethylsilylcyanide to aldehydes to yield cyanohydrin trimethylsilyl ethers. The use of C 2 -symmetric imidazolidenyl carbene derived from ( R , R )-1,3-bis[(1-naphthyl)ethyl]imidazolium chloride led to enantioselective cyanosilylation.