Construction of highly functional quaternary carbon stereocenters via an organocatalytic tandem cyanation-allylic alkylation reaction

Org Lett. 2011 Dec 2;13(23):6164-7. doi: 10.1021/ol202499g. Epub 2011 Nov 10.

Abstract

The first tertiary amine-catalyzed tandem cyanation-allyic alkylation (CAA) reaction of aldehydes, appropriate cyanide sources, and Morita-Baylis-Hillman (MBH) adducts has been developed, which provides a facile access to densely functionalized products containing O-substituted quaternary centers.