Abstract
Diethylaluminum cyanide adds stereoselectively to enantiopure sulfinimines 1 and 2 to give diastereomerically enriched α-amino nitriles 3 and 4 which are hydrolyzed in one step to α-amino acids 5 in >95% ee and good yields.
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have