Chemistry Letters, Vol.33, No.10, 1324-1325, 2004
A novel one-pot synthesis of cyanohydrin alkyl ethers from aldehydes catalyzed by iron(III) chloride
A variety of cyanohydrin alkyl ethers were readily prepared from aldehydes with trimethylsilyl cyanide and alkoxy-trimethylsilane under the influence of a catalytic amount of iron(III) chloride in a convenient one-pot procedure.