Efficient Activation of Acetals, Aldehydes, and Imines toward Silylated Nucleophiles by the Combined Use of Catalytic Amounts of 2 and TMS-CN under Almost Neutral Conditions

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/bcsj.63.3122

In the presence of catalytic amount of a transition metal compound such as 2, Co(acac)2, or NiCl2, trimethylsilyl cyanide smoothly reacts with acetals to form α-methoxy carbonitriles in good yields.In the coexistence of catalytic amounts of