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Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, Japan
E-mail: susumu@chem.nagoya-u.ac.jp
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Institute for Advanced Research, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, Japan
E-mail: susumu@chem.nagoya-u.ac.jp
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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Ohkubo, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Chem. Commun., 2008, 2212-2214
DOI:
10.1039/B800634B
Received
14 Jan 2008,
Accepted
27 Feb 2008
First published online
26 Mar 2008
An aldol-type reaction of organonitriles with aldehydes was catalyzed by a RhI(OR) species under ambient conditions, and the reaction displayed a broad substrate scope with respect to both organonitrile and aldehyde components.