Tetrahedron: Asymmetry

Application of crude preparations of leaves from food plants for the formation of cyanohydrins with high enantiomeric excesses

L Hernández, H Luna, A Solís, A Vázquez

Index: Hernandez, Liliana; Luna, Hector; Solis, Aida; Vazquez, Alfredo Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 2006 , vol. 17, # 19 p. 2813 - 2816

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Abstract

Crude preparations obtained from mamey (Pouteria sapota), capulin (Prunus serotina var. capulli) and peach (Prunus persica) leaves were used to catalyze the enantioselective addition of HCN to a variety of aldehydes. The corresponding cyanohydrins were obtained with high levels of enantioselectivity, comparable with those obtained with other catalysts used for the same purpose.