Tetrabutylammonium cyanide can be used as a catalyst:
For the deprotection of aliphatic thioacetate to synthesize free thiols in the presence of a protic solvent[1].
In the O-TMS cyanosilylation of carbonyl compounds to synthesize cyanohydrin trimethylsilyl ethers in the presence of trimethylsilyl cyanide (TMSCN)[2].
For the ring expansion of β-lactams to synthesize γ-lactams through a bond cleavage of the β-lactam in the presence of acetonitrile[3].
Tetrabutylammonium cyanide (20 mol %) catalyzes ring expansion of 4-(arylimino)methylazetidin-2-ones 2 to 5-aryliminopyrrolidin-2-ones 3 through a novel N1-C4 bond cleavage of the beta-lactam nucleus. New, efficient one-pot protocols to enantiopure succinimide derivatives 3 and 4 from beta-lactam aldehydes 1 have
Tetrabutylammonium cyanide catalyzes the addition of TMSCN to aldehydes and ketones
Cordoba R, et al.
ARKIVOC (Gainesville, FL, United States), 4, 94-99 (2004)
Aliphatic thioacetate deprotection using catalytic tetrabutylammonium cyanide
Journal of chromatography. A, 1284, 141-147 (2013-03-05)
In this study, by using tetrabutylammonium bisulfate as ion-pairing reagent, we were able to separate all the main heparin/heparan sulfate disaccharides generated by the action of heparinases along with the main Hep tetrasaccharide possessing a 3-O-sulfate group on the sulfoglucosamine
A metal-free C-H oxidation for the construction of allylic esters has been developed. The use of a commercially available and inexpensive catalyst and oxidant, and readily available starting materials, coupled with the operational simplicity of the reaction, renders the methodology
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