Abstract
An efficient method of addition of trimethylsilyl cyanide (TMSCN) to aldehydes by employing N‐methylmorpholine N‐oxide (NMO) alone as the catalyst has been described. Most of aromatic, aliphatic, cyclic, and heterocyclic aldehydes have been converted into their corresponding trimethylsilyl ethers in excellent yield within 10‐min period. The mechanism of silylcyanation reaction has been also described.
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Acknowledgments
The authors warmly thank Korea Science and Engineering Foundation for the financial support (R01‐2001‐00057). One of us (G. R.) thanks the Management, Correspondent, Principal, and HOD, Chemistry of Crescent Engineering College, Chennai, India for permitting him to do PDF research.