ADDITION OF ORGANOMAGNESIUM REAGENTS TO CYANOHYDRIN-O-SILYL ETHERS: AN EFFICIENT AND FLEXIBLE SYNTHESIS OF UNSYMMETRICALLY SUBSTITUTED ACYLOINS

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)84415-9

Acyloins are prepared in high yields via reaction between Grignard reagents and O-trimethylsilyl ethers of aldehyde cyanohydrins: the method is particularly useful for the preparation of discrete acyloins in which the substituens are unsymmetrically dispo