Wd. Pan et al., ASYMMETRIC-SYNTHESIS .24. CHIRAL SALEN-TITANIUM COMPLEXES-EFFICIENT CATALYSTS FOR ASYMMETRIC TRIMETHYL SILYLCYANATION OF BENZALDEHYDE, Synlett, (4), 1996, pp. 337-338
Chiral salen-titanium complex was found to be an effective catalyst fo
r the enantioselective silylcyanation of benzaldehyde. The good enanti
oselectivity was obtained by using 5 mol% Ti(IV)(salen) complex 2d as
a catalyst.