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ChemInform Abstract: Base-Catalyzed Isomerization of 2-Isoxazolines Enables a Two-Step Enantioselective Synthesis of β-Hydroxynitriles from Enals.

Petri M. PihkoAntti PohjakallioJun Liu

subject

inorganic chemicalsgenetic structuresChemistryorganic chemicalsTwo stepEnantioselective synthesisGeneral MedicineOptically activeBase (exponentiation)IsomerizationCombinatorial chemistryeye diseasesCatalysis

description

Treatment of chiral isoxazoles with catalytic amounts of DBU results in efficient formation of optically active β-hydroxynitriles.

https://doi.org/10.1002/chin.201107076