Cyanohydrins as Building Blocks in the Synthesis of Fine Chemicals

Chiral Cyanohydrins as Building Blocks in the Synthesis of Fine Chemicals 

Industry is very interested in chiral cyanohydrins because they are valuable starting materials for several classes of polyfunctional molecules that are useful in the synthesis of agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals. By use of a chiral catalyst the pro-chiral aldehydes or ketones, a large number of which are readily available, are 

Asymmetric Catalysis on Industrial Scale Challenges, Approaches and Solutions Edited by H. U. Blaser, E. Schmidt 

Copyright 2004 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH Co. KGaA, Weinheim ISBN 3-527-30631-5 

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