Indium trifluoride - A Lewis acid catalyst for the addition of TMSCN to aldehydes in water

Teck Peng Loh; Kai Chen Xu; Diana Sook Chiang Ho; Keng Yeow Sim

doi:10.1055/s-1998-1676

Indium trifluoride - A Lewis acid catalyst for the addition of TMSCN to aldehydes in water

Teck Peng Loh^*, Kai Chen Xu, Diana Sook Chiang Ho, Keng Yeow Sim

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National University of Singapore

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Indium trifluoride promoted chemoselective additions of TMSCN to various aldehydes in water gave the respective cyanohydrins in good yields.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	369-370
Number of pages	2
Journal	Synlett
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1055/s-1998-1676
Publication status	Published - Apr 1998
Externally published	Yes

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