DOI: 10.1039/d6qo00669h ISSN: 2052-4129
Enantioselective cyanation–Brook rearrangement–protonation of acylsilanes and stereospecific inversion in Brook rearrangements generating α-nitrile carbanion equivalents
Michiko Sasaki, Kei TakedaThis study clarifies the stereochemical course of cyanation–Brook rearrangement–protonation and establishes this manifold as a useful platform for probing labile α-nitrile carbanion equivalents.