Abstract
A chiral cobalt(III) complex of a Schiff base derived from (R)-tryptophan and salicylaldehyde catalysed asymmetric trimethyl-silylcyanation of benzaldehyde at ambient temperature and a 20:1 substrate/catalyst ratio with the formation of enantiomerically enriched mandelonitrile (ee up to 77%).
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