New one-carbon degradative transformation of beta-alkyl-beta-azido alcohols.
A new transformation of 2-azido-1-hydroxy-containing compounds to nitriles with one carbon less than the starting materials by oxidation was reported. The reaction can be performed under mild conditions.
Fan
Qiu-Hua
QH
The State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Xue Yuan Road #38, Beijing 100083, China.
Ni
Nan-Ting
NT
Li
Qin
Q
Zhang
Li-He
LH
Ye
Xin-Shan
XS