作者:Fachao Yan、Zijun Huang、Chen-Xia Du、Jian-Fei Bai、Yuehui Li
DOI:10.1016/j.jcat.2021.01.003
日期:2021.3
Streckerreaction is widely applied for the synthesis of amino acids from aldehydes, amines and cyanides. Herein, we report the FeI2-catalyzed reductive Strecker type reaction of formamides instead of aldehydes to produce amino acetonitriles. The challenging capture of carbinolamine intermediates by CN− was achieved via Fe catalysis. This approach afforded better yields than the use of Ir- or Rh-catalysts