@article { ISI:000249771600036,
	title = {Organocatalytic activation of TMSCN by basic ammonium salts for efficient cyanation of aldehydes and imines},
	journal = {Tetrahedron Letters},
	volume = {48},
	number = {40},
	year = {2007},
	month = {OCT},
	pages = {7211-7214},
	publisher = {PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD},
	type = {Article},
	address = {THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND},
	abstract = {<p>Basic ammonium salts act as highly effective catalysts for the cyanosilylation of aldehydes and in Strecker-type aminonitrile synthesis using TMSCN as cyanide source at 25 degrees C under extremely mild conditions, affording very good to excellent yields of silylated cyanohydrins and alpha-aminonitriles. (C) 2007 Published by Elsevier Ltd.</p>},
	keywords = {aldehydes, aminonitriles, cyanohydrin, cyanosilylation, multicomponent reactions, TMSCN},
	issn = {0040-4039},
	doi = {10.1016/j.tetlet.2007.07.188},
	author = {Raj, I. Victor Paul and Suryavanshi, Gurunath and Sudalai, A.}
}
@article {44204,
	title = {Beyond hydrofunctionalisation: a well-defined calcium compound catalysed mild and efficient carbonyl cyanosilylation},
	journal = {Chemistry-A European Journal},
	volume = {24},
	year = {2018},
	month = {JAN},
	pages = {1269-1273},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {<p>Organocalcium compounds have been reported as efficient catalysts for various transformations, for cases in which one of the substrates contained an E-H (E=B, N, Si, P) bond. Here, we look at the possibility of employing an organocalcium compound for a transformation in which none of the precursors has a polar E-H bond. This study demonstrates the utilization of a well-defined amidinatocalcium iodide, [PhC(NiPr)(2)CaI] (1) for cyanosilylation of a variety of aldehydes and ketones with Me3SiCN under ambient conditions without the need of any co-catalyst. The reaction mechanism involves a weak adduct formation between 1 and Me3SiCN leading to the activation of the Si-C bond, which subsequently undergoes sigma-bond metathesis with a C=O moiety. Such a mechanistic pathway is unprecedented in alkaline earth metal chemistry. Experimental and computational studies support the mechanism.</p>},
	keywords = {Ca catalysis, carbonyls, cyanosilylation, Density functional calculations, transition-metal free},
	issn = {0947-6539},
	doi = {10.1002/chem.201705795},
	author = {Yadav, Sandeep and Dixit, Ruchi and Vanka, Kumar and Sen, Sakya S.}
}
