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The asymmetric synthesis of O-acetylated mandelonitrile derivative was accomplished from PhCHO, KCN, and Ac2O in a toluene--water system in the presence of transition metal complexes of Schiff"s bases as phase transfer catalysts.
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Belokon, Y.N., Moskalenko, M.A., Petrosyan, A.A. et al. Metal complexes as phase transfer catalysts in the synthesis of O-acetylmandelonitrile. Russian Chemical Bulletin 53, 1126–1129 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:RUCB.0000041312.86534.1b
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