Breakthrough improves method for synthesizing cyanohydrins as pharmaceutical precursors
Monday, February 22, 2016 - 08:30
in Physics & Chemistry
A research group led by Dr. Kazuaki Ishihara, a professor at Nagoya University, has established a new method of chemically modifying ketones in a way that ensures that optically active cyanohydrins are obtained, enabling efficient production of pharmaceutical precursors at a high yield and with good selectivity.