65635-38-3Relevant articles and documents
ENZYME-CATALYZED SYNTHESIS OF (S)-CYANOHYDRINS AND SUBSEQUENT HYDROLYSIS TO (S)-α-HYDROXY-CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
Effenberger, Franz,Hoersch, Brigitte,Foerster, Siegfried,Ziegler, Thomas
, p. 1249 - 1252 (1990)
(S)-Cyanohydrins 2 are obtained with high enantioselectivity from aromatic aldehydes and HCN in the presence of (S)-oxynitrilase (E.C.4.1.2.11).Acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of the cyanohydrins 2 affords the corresponding (S)-α-hydroxy carboxylic acids 3 without racemization.
Preparation of cyanoesters
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, (2008/06/13)
A process for the preparation of certain cyano substituted esters and optical isomers thereof useful as insecticides by dehydration of the precursor carboxamido esters.