<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Raj, I. V. P.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sudalai, A.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Facile direct conversion of aldehydes to esters and amides using acetone cyanohydrin</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tetrahedron Letters</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">amidation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">esteritication</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">reduction</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">sodium cyanide</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2005</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">NOV</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">48</style></number><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">46</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">8303-8306</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">48</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Article</style></work-type><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Foreign</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2.347</style></custom4></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Paraskar, A. S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sudalai, A.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Co-catalyzed reductive cyclization of azido and cyano substituted alpha,beta-unsaturated esters with NaBH4: enantioselective synthesis of (R)-baclofen and (R)-rolipram</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tetrahedron</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Asymmetric synthesis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">cobalt chloride</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">gamma and delta-lactams</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">reduction</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">sodium borohydride</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2006</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MAY</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">20</style></number><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">62</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">4907-4916</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">20</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Article</style></work-type><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Foreign&lt;/p&gt;</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2.645</style></custom4></record></records></xml>