Catalytic acylcyanation of imines with acetylcyanide

  • Subhas Chandra Pan
  • , Jian Zhou
  • , Benjamin List*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Aldimines react with acetyl cyanide in the presence of a catalytic amount of a thiourea catalyst to give the corresponding N-acetylated amino nitriles in high yields. The scope of the reaction is broad and both aromatic as well as aliphatic aldimines can readily be used.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3275-3276
Number of pages2
JournalSynlett
Issue number19
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Dec 2006
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Acetyl cyanide
  • Acylcyanation
  • Brønsted acid catalysis
  • Organocatalysis
  • α-amino nitrile

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