A CONVENIENT AND IMPROVED METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF CYANOHYDRIN ESTERS FROM ACYL CYANIDES AND ALDEHYDES

Authors
Citation
M. Okimoto et T. Chiba, A CONVENIENT AND IMPROVED METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF CYANOHYDRIN ESTERS FROM ACYL CYANIDES AND ALDEHYDES, Synthesis, (10), 1996, pp. 1188
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
ISSN journal
00397881
Issue
10
Year of publication
1996
Database
ISI
SICI code
0039-7881(1996):10<1188:ACAIMF>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Various kinds of cyanohydrin esters can be obtained in good to excelle nt yields from aldehydes by treatment with acyl cyanides in a heteroge neous mixture of aqueous potassium carbonate and acetonitrile.