A single-step, mild, neutral, catalyst-free method for cyanohydrin synthesis

MS Degani, MD Kakwani, NHP Desai…

Index: Degani, Mariam S.; Kakwani, Manoj D.; Palsule Desai, Nutan H.; Bairwa, Ranjeet Monatshefte fur Chemie, 2012 , vol. 143, # 3 p. 461 - 465

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Abstract

Abstract A wide variety of carbonyl compounds can be transformed to their corresponding cyanohydrins in a single step using a dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO)–water system in excellent yields (75–94%). The major advantages of this system are that the reaction conditions are mild and neutral; the reaction proceeds without catalyst and gives the corresponding cyanohydrins in short time (15–120 min). Graphical Abstract