Synthesis of optically active α-cyanobenzyl alkyl ethers

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)98066-3

The title ethers, expected chiral dopants for ferroelectric liquid crystals, were prepared by the allylation of chiral cyanohydrins under the acidic conditions followed by hydrogenation, or alternatively by the Johnson's cyanation of chiral acetals follow