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Facile conversion of epoxides to β-hydroxy nitriles under anhydrous conditions with lithium cyanide
Ciaccio,Stanescu,Bontemps
, p. 1431 - 1434 (1992)
Functionalized epoxides are easily and efficiently converted to β-hydroxy nitriles in good yield with high regio- and stereoselectivity upon treatment with lithium cyanide in refluxing anhydrous THF. The conditions described permit a one-pot conversion of
