Water-mediated strecker reaction: An efficient and environmentally friendly approach for the synthesis of α-aminonitriles via a three-component condensation

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 40, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 3544-3551

  Ramesh, Samikannu ^a   Sivakumar, Kulanthaivel ^a   Panja, Chiradeep ^a   Arunachalam, Pirama Nayagam ^a   Lalitha, Appaswami ^a  

^a PERIYAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aminonitriles; Strecker reaction; three component reaction; TMSCN; water

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE DERIVATIVE; ALDEHYDE; ALPHA AMINONITRILE DERIVATIVE; AMINE; ANILINO(2,5 DIMETHYL 1 PHENYL 1H PYRROL 3 YL)ACETONITRILE; ANILINO(3 METHYL 2 THIENYL)ACETONITRILE; ANILINO(4 BROMO 2 FLUOROPHENYL)ACETONITRILE; ANILINO[5 CHLORO 2 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL]ACETONITRILE; CYANIDE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HYDRAZONE DERIVATIVE; NITRILE; TRIMETHYLSILYL CYANIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEOPHILICITY; POLYMERIZATION; PRESSURE; STRECKER SYNTHESIS; THREE COMPONENT REACTION;

EID: 78149438391     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910903457381     Document Type: Article

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