Oxalic acid as a simple and efficient organocatalyst for three-component synthesis of α-amino nitriles

SM Vahdat, S Khaksar, M Khavarpour

Index: Vahdat, Seyed Mohammad; Khaksar, Samad; Khavarpour, Maryam Chinese Chemical Letters, 2011 , vol. 22, # 5 p. 543 - 546

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Abstract

Organocatalysis [1] and [2] has gained widespread attention as a result of the efficiency and selectivity of many organocatalytic reactions. Novel methods employing organic molecules are advantageous from both a practical and an environmental standpoint due to their ability to perform in wet solvents under an aerobic atmosphere and to avoid the possibility of metal contamination that may occur with traditional metal catalyst systems. An efficient and practical process ...