@article { ISI:000233214300008,
	title = {Facile direct conversion of aldehydes to esters and amides using acetone cyanohydrin},
	journal = {Tetrahedron Letters},
	volume = {46},
	number = {48},
	year = {2005},
	month = {NOV},
	pages = {8303-8306},
	publisher = {PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD},
	type = {Article},
	address = {THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND},
	abstract = {<p>Aromatic aldehydes with electron-withdrawing groups undergo rapid reactions with a variety of alcohols and secondary amines to afford the corresponding esters and amides, respectively, in high yields, when treated with NaCN or acetone cyanohydrin and base under ambient reaction conditions. In case of alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehydes, simultaneous reduction of the C=C bond along with esterification occurred to produce the saturated esters in high yields. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.</p>},
	keywords = {amidation, esteritication, reduction, sodium cyanide},
	issn = {0040-4039},
	doi = {10.1016/j.tetlet.2005.09.173},
	author = {Raj, I. V. P. and Sudalai, A.}
}
@article { ISI:000237405000023,
	title = {Co-catalyzed reductive cyclization of azido and cyano substituted alpha,beta-unsaturated esters with NaBH4: enantioselective synthesis of (R)-baclofen and (R)-rolipram},
	journal = {Tetrahedron},
	volume = {62},
	number = {20},
	year = {2006},
	month = {MAY},
	pages = {4907-4916},
	publisher = {PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD},
	type = {Article},
	address = {THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND},
	abstract = {<p>Sodium borohydride in combination with a catalytic amount of CoCl, has been found to be an excellent catalytic system in reductive cyclizations of suitably substituted azido and cyano groups of alpha,beta-unsaturated esters to afford gamma and delta-lactams in high yields. The process has been demonstrated for the enantioselective synthesis of (R)-baclofen, (R)-rolipram, and (R)-4-fluorophenylpiperidinone, a key intermediate for (-)-paroxetine. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.</p>},
	keywords = {Asymmetric synthesis, cobalt chloride, gamma and delta-lactams, reduction, sodium borohydride},
	issn = {0040-4020},
	doi = {10.1016/j.tet.2006.03.017},
	author = {Paraskar, A. S. and Sudalai, A.}
}
