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A facile synthesis of homochiral 1-norbornanecarboxylic acids and 1-norbornanecarbonitriles
Garcia Martinez,Teso Vilar,Garcia Fraile,De La Moya Cerero,Gonzelez-Fleitas De Diego,Subramanian
, p. 1599 - 1603 (1994)
A general method for the preparation of the title compounds from naturally occurring homochiral 2-norbornanones is presented. The key step is the Tf2O induced Wagner-Meerwein rearrangement of the corresponding cyanohydrins.
