title: A new chiral catalyst for the enantioselective Strecker synthesis of alpha-amino acids.
abstract: [reaction: see text] The chiral ammonium salt 3 is demonstrated to be an effective catalyst for the highly enantioselective Strecker reaction of N-allylbenzaldimines with hydrogen cyanide in CH2Cl2 solution.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.
authors.forename: Jinkun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Corey
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D002384:Catalysis; D015394:Molecular Structure; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds