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Upstream product

• 7677-24-9 trimethylsilyl cyanide 
• 611-73-4 Benzoylformic acid 

Downstream Products

• 141716-61-2 ethyl α-cyano-α-fluorophenylacetate 
• 141716-64-5 α-cyano-α-fluoro-N-(1-phenylethyl)phenylacetamide 
• 147506-75-0 ethyl α-cyano-α-hydroxyphenylacetate 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

CO2-Enabled Cyanohydrin Synthesis and Facile Iterative Homologation Reactions**

Thermodynamic and kinetic control of a chemical process is the key to access desired products and states. Changes are made when a desired product is not accessible; one may manipulate the reaction with additional reagents, catalysts and/or protecting groups. Here we report the use of carbon dioxide to accelerate cyanohydrin synthesis under neutral conditions with an insoluble cyanide source (KCN) without generating toxic HCN. Under inert atmosphere, the reaction is essentially not operative due to the unfavored equilibrium. The utility of CO2-mediated selective cyanohydrin synthesis was further showcased by broadening Kiliani–Fischer synthesis under neutral conditions. This protocol offers an easy access to a variety of polyols, cyanohydrins, linear alkylnitriles, by simply starting from alkyl- and arylaldehydes, KCN and an atmospheric pressure of CO2.

Chemistry of Novel Compounds with Multifunctional Carbon Structure. 9. Molecular Design, Synthetic Studies, and NMR Investigation of Several Efficient Chiral Derivatizing Reagents which Give Very Large (19)F NMR Δδ Values in Enantiomeric Excess Determination

In order to develop efficient ee-determining reagents potentially superior to MTPA (1), some multifunctional compounds 2-5 were rationally designed.From NMR investigations of the analogous diastereomeric derivatives it was found that the chemical shift differences for each pair of diastereomers (Δδ values) for CFPA derivatives 5d-f were approximately five times greater in (19)F NMR spectra and two times greater in 1H NMR spectra than those of 1d-f.Synthesis of the optically pure CFPA, (-)-5a nd (+)-5a, was achieved by nitrosation of each diasteromer of the optically active N-(1-phenylethyl)amides, 5fM and 5fL, followed by thermal decomposition.Various derivatives were prepared by the condensation of 5b and 1b with alcohol and amine nucleophiles, and both ΔδF and ΔδH values were obtained for each compound.The CFPA derivatives 5d-m have proven to be significantly superior for ee determinations when compared to the corresponding MTPA derivatives 1d-m, particularly in compounds having remotely disposed chiral centers.