DOI: 10.1039/C2971001048B
(Paper)
J. Chem. Soc. D, 1971, 1048b-1050
1,1,2-Trimethylpropyldialkylcyanoborates as intermediates for the synthesis of symmetrical, unsymmetrical, functionalised, and cyclic ketones
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Andrew Pelter, M. G. Hutchings and Keith Smith
Abstract
The insertion reaction of cyanide into thexyldialkylcyanoborates, using acylation at low temperatures followed by oxidation, provides the mildest known method for the high-yield production of ketones from olefins via organoboranes.