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Preparation of O-Protected Cyanohydrins by Aerobic Oxidation of α-Substituted Malononitriles in the Presence of Diarylphosphine Oxides
Zhang, Dapeng,Lian, Mingming,Liu, Jia,Tang, Shukun,Liu, Guangzhi,Ma, Cunfei,Meng, Qingwei,Peng, Haisheng,Zhu, Daling
, p. 2597 - 2601 (2019)
A mild, reagent-cyanide-free, and efficient synthesis of O-phosphinoyl-protected cyanohydrins from readily available α-substituted malononitriles was realized using diarylphosphine oxides in the presence of O2. Mechanistic studies indicated that in addition to the initial aerobic oxidation of the malononitrile derivative notable features of this process include the formation of a tetrahedral intermediate and a subsequent intramolecular rearrangement. The phosphinoyl-protecting group can be removed by alcoholysis or by reduction with DIBAL-H.
Enantioselective Michael additions to α,β-unsaturated imides catalyzed by a salen-al complex
Taylor, Mark S.,Jacobsen, Eric N.
, p. 11204 - 11205 (2007/10/03)
(Salen)aluminum complex 1b is an efficient catalyst for the conjugate addition of di- and trisubstituted nitriles to a wide range of acyclic alkyl- and aryl-substituted α,β-unsaturated imides. This new methodology provides access to multifunctional compounds that previously have not been readily accessible in enantioenriched form. Synthetic applications of these products include the preparation of enantiomerically enriched piperidines, as exemplified by an expedient asymmetric catalytic synthesis of (-)-paroxetine. Copyright
