Asymmetric hydrolysis of aryloxy-acetaldehyde cyanohydrin acetates

H Ohta, Y Miyamae, G Tsuchihashi

Index: Ohta, Hiromichi; Miyamae, Yoshitaka; Tsuchihashi, Gen-ichi Agricultural and Biological Chemistry, 1986 ,  vol. 50,  # 12  p. 3181 - 3184

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Abstract

Cyanohydrins are considered to be versatile synthons in organic synthesis because they can be readily converted to a-hydroxycarboxylic acids, 1) a-hydroxyaldehydes2) and ethanolamine derivatives, 3) which include a number of physiologically active compounds. Lactic acid, tartaric acid, ephedrine and fj-adrenergic blocking agents are the representative examples of these classes of compounds. Thus, synthesis of chiral cyanohydrins is ...