Controlled Formation of Cyanohydrins (IMAGE)

Nagoya University

Controlled Formation of Cyanohydrins

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A cyano group is added to a ketone using a chiral lithium(I) catalyst system to achieve control over the symmetry of the resulting pharmaceutical cyanohydrins.

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Nagoya University

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