3061-65-2Relevant articles and documents
A Formylcarbonium Ion Synthon. Synthesis of 3-Thio-Substituted 2-Amino Acids and Thio-Substituted Enamines from 2-Acyloxyacrylonitriles
Oku, Akira,Hori-ie, Naofumi,Harada, Toshiro
, p. 609 - 612 (2007/10/02)
The utilization of 2-acyloxy-3-phenylthiopropionitriles (2) which were prepared by the Michael addition of thiophenol to 2-acyloxyacrylonitriles (CH2=C(CN)OCOR), as a formylcarbonium ion synthon, was demonstrated by the transformation of 2 into S-phenylcysteine and 2-phenylthio enamines.
Preparing carboxylic acids from glycidonitriles through enol acylates
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, (2008/06/13)
Process for preparing carboxylic acids by converting a glycidonitrile to the enol acylate via hydrohalogenation, acylation and dehydrohalogenation procedures, and conversion of the enol acylate to the carboxylate salt with a base and of the salt to the carboxylic acid with acid. Cyanide content in the mixture is destroyed by adding persulfate or hypochlorite salts. This process, can be used, e.g., to prepare 2-(4'-isobutylphenyl)propionic acid, now known generically as ibuprofen, a highly active anti-inflammatory drug, as well as a host of other useful carboxylic acids.