Recent progress in Lewis acid–Lewis base bifunctional asymmetric catalysis*
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Two enantioselective cyanation reactions, the Strecker reaction of ketoimines and the Reissert reaction of pyridine derivatives, promoted by Lewis acid–Lewis base bifunctional asymmetric catalysts are described.
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