Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan, ROC
Abstract:
A highly enantioselective addition of trimethylsilylcyanide to aldehydes catalyzed by chiral titanium complexes is described. The chiral titanium complexes were prepared in situ from Ti(OiPr)4 and β-hydroxyamide ligands, that could easily be synthesized from ketopinic acid and C2 symmetrical chiral diamines in a small number of steps.