Asymmetric cyanohydrin synthesis from aldehydes and ketones using chiral metal (salen) complex as catalyst*
Sung Soo Kim
Department of Chemistry, Inha University, Incheon 402-751, South Korea
Abstract: Chiral Al(salen) is used as catalyst for enantioselective cyanosilylation of aldehydes and ketones.
Keywords: salen; aldehydes; ketones; cyanohydrin; asymmetric synthesis.
*Paper presented at the 40th IUPAC Congress, Beijing, China, 14-19 August 2005. Other presentations are published in this issue, pp. 889-1090.