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SUBMITTER: Fleming FF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3336159 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fleming Fraser F FF Liu Wang W Yao Lihua L Pitta Bhaskar B Purzycki Matthew M Ravikumar P C PC
European journal of organic chemistry 20111028 34
Grignard reagents trigger an addition-elimination with α'-hydroxy acrylonitriles to selectively generate Z-alkenenitriles. The modular assembly of Z-alkenenitriles from a Grignard reagent, acrylonitrile, and an aldehyde is ideal for stereoselectively synthesizing alkenes as illustrated in the synthesis of the putative lignan "morinol I." ...[more]