A mild and efficient catalytic Strecker reaction of N-alkoxycarbonylamino sulfones with trimethylsilyl cyanide using indium(III) chloride: A facile synthesis of α-aminonitriles

Article abstract of DOI:10.1055/s-0028-1087277

The Strecker reaction of N-alkoxycarbonylamino sulfones with trimethylsilyl cyanide in the presence of catalytic amount of indium(III) chloride at room temperature produces the corresponding protected α;-aminonitriles in high yields. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart.