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Method of preparing optically active cyanohydrin derivatives
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, (2008/06/13)
The invention relates to a method of preparing an optically active cyanohydrin carboxylic acid ester from an optically active cyanohydrin of opposite configuration, wherein said starting cyanohydrin is converted with a carboxylic acid in the presence of a
Inversion of the Configuration of Cyanohydrins by a Mitsunobu Esterification Reaction
Warmerdam, E. G. J. C.,Brussee, J.,Kruse, C. G.,Gen, A. van der
, p. 3 - 6 (2007/10/02)
Optically active (R)-cyanohydrins have been transformed into cyanohydrin esters of opposite configuration under Mitsunobu conditions and subsequently solvolyzed to (S)-cyanohydrins in high chemical and optical yield. The method works well for allylic and