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SUBMITTER: Fleming FF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1896272 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The Journal of organic chemistry 20060201 4
Sequential carbonyl addition-conjugate addition of Grignard reagents to 3-oxocyclohex-1-ene-1-carbonitrile generates C-magnesiated nitriles whose alkylation stereoselectivities intimately depend on the nature of the electrophile. The alkylation of these C-magnesiated nitriles with alkyl halides, sulfonates, and unstrained ketones occurs with the retention of the C-Mg configuration, whereas aldehyde and acyl cyanide acylations proceed with inversion of the stereochemistry. Mechanistic probes indi ...[more]