An N-Heterocyclic Carbene as a Nucleophilic Catalyst for Cyanosilylation of Aldehydes

Abstract

The first method for cyanosilylation of aldehydes with trimethylsilyl cyanide in the presence of the N-heterocyclic carbene prepared from 1,3-bis(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)imidazolium chloride and potassium tert-butoxide, as a nucleophilic catalyst, is described.

Key words

N-heterocyclic carbene - cyanosilylation - nucleophilic catalyst - imidazolium salt - trimethylsilyl cyanide

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