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N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalysed Direct Synthesis of Cyano Esters via Cyanation-Esterification Reaction of α-Keto Esters
Zhang, Jie,Wang, Ying,Du, Guangfen,Gu, Cheng-Zhi,Dai, Bin
, p. 1211 - 1215 (2015)
The cyanation-esterification reaction of α-keto esters catalysed by N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) is developed. Under the catalysis of 10 mol% 1,3-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imidazol-2-ylidene, aromatic and aliphatic α-keto esters reacted with ethyl cyanoformate or acetyl cyanide to produce the corresponding cyano esters with a tetrasubstituted carbon center in high yields.