Asymmetric Addition of Cyanide and Isocyanide to Aldehydes or Imines

6 ASYMMETRIC ADDITION OF CYANIDE AND ISOCYANIDE TO ALDEHYDES OR IMINES 

Optically active a-amino acids are prepared by a cyanide addition to imines, known as the Strecker reaction. Several organobase catalysts and metal complex catalysts have been successfully applied to the asymmetric catalytic Strecker amino 

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