A dream combination for catalysis: highly reactive and recyclable scandium(iii) triflate-catalyzed cyanosilylations of carbonyl compounds in an ionic liquid?

Green Chemistry Pub Date: 2009-04-09 DOI: 10.1039/B900254E

Abstract

The catalytic activity of lanthanide triflates, particularly scandium triflate, increased dramatically in [bmim][SbF6], allowing the cyanosilylation of a variety of aldehydes and ketones with a turnover frequency up to 48?000 mol h?1 and a total turnover number of 100?000.

Graphical abstract: A dream combination for catalysis: highly reactive and recyclable scandium(iii) triflate-catalyzed cyanosilylations of carbonyl compounds in an ionic liquid
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