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The cooperative catalysis of CpRu(PPh3)2(CH3CN)PF6 (1b) and DBU enables chemoselective nucleophilic activation of acetonitrile in the presence of base-sensitive aldehydes 2 to afford corresponding beta-hydroxynitriles in good yield.
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Kumagai et al. (2005) studied this question.
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