Cyanogen formation during asymmetric cyanohydrin synthesis

Victor Chechik; Marco Conte; Trevor Dransfield; Michael North; Marta Omedes-Pujol

doi:10.1039/c001703e

Cyanogen formation during asymmetric cyanohydrin synthesis

Victor Chechik, Marco Conte, Trevor Dransfield, Michael North, Marta Omedes-Pujol

Chemistry

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Abstract

During asymmetric cyanohydrin synthesis catalysed by vanadium(V) oxo(salen) complexes, the catalysts are reduced to vanadium(IV) oxo(salen) as determined by EPR spectroscopy; the reducing agent is cyanide which is oxidised to cyanogen via a non-radical mechanism.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3372-3374
Number of pages	3
Journal	Chemical Communications
Volume	46
Issue number	19
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c001703e
Publication status	Published - 2010

Keywords

IN-SITU FORMATION
ORGANIC HYDROPEROXIDES
ACETONE CYANOHYDRIN
SALEN COMPLEXES
ALDEHYDES
OXIDATION
CATALYSTS
VANADIUM(V)
SULFOXIDES
SULFIDES

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Cyanogen formation during asymmetric cyanohydrin synthesis

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