Palladium catalysed addition of masked formyl cyanides ROCH(CN)2 to aldehydes

Hisao Nemoto, Yasufumi Kubota, Yoshinori Yamamoto

Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications · 1994 · 17 citations · 5 references

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Abstract

The palladium catalysed reactions of masked formyl cyanides 1 with aldehydes 2, followed by treatment with either diketene or acetic anhydride–pyridine, afford the addition products protected with acetylacetate 5 or acetyl group 6, respectively.

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