A study into the use of a chiral phase-transfer catalyst in conjunction with acetone cyanohydrin to effect the enantioselective formation of alpha-amino nitriles from alpha-amido sulfones is described. This novel catalytic asymmetric Strecker reaction is analyzed with regard to the possible mechanistic basis.
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