The highly efficient 1,4-addition of TMSCN to aromatic enones catalyzed by CsF with water as the additive

Jingya Yang, Yinxian Wang, Shaoxiang Wu, Fu Xue Chen*

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Abstract

An efficient 1,4-addition of TMSCN to aromatic enones has been achieved in excellent yields (91-99%) by CsF (1 mol%) as the catalyst and H2O (4 equiv) as the additive in refluxing dioxane within 2-7 hours.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3365-3367
Number of pages3
JournalSynlett
Issue number20
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009

Keywords

  • 1,4-addition reaction
  • CsF
  • Enones
  • Nitriles
  • Regioselectivity

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