Asymmetric cyanation of imines via dipeptide-derived organophosphine dual-reagent catalysis

The Strecker reaction is a power method for the synthesis of cyano-substituted compounds. Here the authors report a dual-reagent system for asymmetric Strecker reactions, where an in situformed organocatalyst/methyl acrylate zwitterionic adduct activates both the cyanide source and the electrophile.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hong-Yu Wang, Chang-Wu Zheng, Zhuo Chai, Jia-Xing Zhang, Gang Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12720