Abstract
α-Amino acids react with aldehydes in the presence of a cyanide source to form α-amino nitriles in what can be considered a decarboxylative variant of the classical Strecker reaction. This unprecedented transformation does not require the use of a metal catalyst and provides facile access to valuable α-amino nitriles that are inaccessible by traditional Strecker chemistry.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 6584-6587 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Organic Letters |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 24 |
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| State | Published - 16 Dec 2011 |
| Externally published | Yes |