Ring Opening of Epoxides with Sodium Cyanide Catalyzed with Ce(OTf)4
- 1 July 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Synthetic Communications
- Vol. 29 (13) , 2249-2254
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00397919908086225
Abstract
Efficient and regioselective conversion of epoxides to β-hydroxy nitriles with sodium cyanide in the presence of catalytic amounts of Ce(OTf)4 is described under solvent free conditions.Keywords
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