Cyanohydrin Formation

Cyanohydrin Formation is an addition reaction in which a cyanide ion and a proton add across the carbonyl group of an aldehyde or ketone, resulting in the formation of a cyanohydrin functional group characterized by a hydroxyl and nitrile moiety on the same carbon atom.

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Cyanohydrin Synthesis

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  1. MN
    Michael North

    University of York, United Kingdom

    25 publications · 1.7K citations

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  2. FE
    Franz Effenberger

    University of Stuttgart, Germany

    20 publications · 1.4K citations

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  3. HG
    Herfried Griengl

    Graz University of Technology, Austria

    13 publications · 549 citations

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  4. JW
    Jerzy W. Jaroszewski

    University of Copenhagen, Denmark

    12 publications · 263 citations

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  5. JB
    Johannes Brussee

    Leiden University, Netherlands

    10 publications · 509 citations

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  1. Tetrahedron Letters

    50 publications · 2.1K citations

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  2. Tetrahedron

    33 publications · 1.5K citations

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  3. The Journal of Organic Chemistry

    JOC · 30 publications · 1.3K citations

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  4. Tetrahedron Asymmetry

    27 publications · 1.3K citations

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  5. Organic Letters

    OL · 21 publications · 1K citations

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