Journal of organometallic chemistry

Transition metal polyhydrides-catalyzed addition of activated nitriles to aldehydes and ketones via Knoevenagel condensation

Y Lin, X Zhu, M Xiang

Index: Lin, Yingrui; Zhu, Xianchao; Xiang, Min Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 1993 , vol. 448, # 1-2 p. 215 - 218

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Abstract

Abstract Transition metal polyhydrides and dihydrogen complexes catalyze Knoevenagel addition of cyanoacetate to aldehydes and ketones under neutral and mild conditions, the adducts undergo dehydration to give substituted (E)-2-cyano-α, β-unsaturated esters