Abstract
A new chiral Schiff base 4 was synthesized, which was found to be efficient catalyst for the enantioselective silylcyanation of aldehydes. The enantioselectivities of 25.1–72.7% were obtained by using the chiral Schiff base-Ti(OiPr)4 complex.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
We are grateful to the National Science Foundation (No. 29872016) for generous financial support.