Mechanism and scope of the cyanide-catalyzed cross silyl benzoin reaction

X Linghu, CC Bausch, JS Johnson

Index: Tongco, Emily C.; Wang, Qunjie; Prakash, G.K. Surya Synthetic Communications, 1997 , vol. 27, # 12 p. 2117 - 2123

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... Volume: Page: ... 1 Among numerous synthetic strategies for introducing this moiety, the benzoin condensation and related additions 2-10 remain perhaps the most direct. ... R 2 CHO (4.0 equiv), 18-crown-6 (0.3 equiv), and KCN (0.5 equiv) in Et 2 O at 25 °C. f [18 ...