A Mild and Efficient Catalytic
Strecker Reaction of <i>N</i>-Alkoxycarbonylamino Sulfones
with Trimethylsilyl Cyanide Using Indium(III) Chloride: A Facile Synthesis
of α-Aminonitriles
The Strecker reaction of N-alkoxycarbonylamino -sulfoneswith trimethylsilyl cyanide in the presence of catalytic amountof indium(III) chloride at room temperature produces the correspondingprotected α-aminonitriles in high yields.