Asymmetric Trimethylsilylcyanation of Benzaldebyde Catalyzed by Novel Ti(Ⅳ)-Chiral Schiff Base Complexes

Benzaldehyde has been trimethylsilylcyanated with a catalyst prepared in situ from titanium tetraisopropoxide and chiral Schiff bases. Cyanohydrin is obtalned in moderate e.e.values