A catalyst-free one-pot three component methodology for the synthesis of α-aminonitriles under ultrasonic irradiation at room temperature using [Bmim]Br as a neutral reaction medium is described. A broad range of substrates including the aromatic, heteroaromatic and aliphatic aldehydes were condensed with amines (aliphatic and aromatic) and trimethylsilyl cyanide (TMSCN). Using this method, all...

A chemoenzymatic approach for the synthesis of ?-N-heterocyclic ethyl- and phenylacetamides, levetiracetam analogs, is described. Eight nitrile substrates were prepared through N-alkylation heterocycles (2-pyrrolidinone, 2-piperidinone, 2-oxopiperazine 1-methylpiperazine) directly from hydroxyl group ethyl phenyl ?-hydroxynitriles with yield 35?71% after 12 h. Twenty hydratases (NHases) screene...

1-arylmethyl-2-(bromomethyl)aziridines were transformed into the corresponding 2(cyanomethyl)aziridines and 2-(2-cyanoethyl)aziridines upon treatment with potassium cyanide in DMSO and α-lithiated trimethylsilylacetonitrile in THF, respectively. Further elaboration of 1-arylmethyl-2-(cyanomethyl)aziridines afforded 4-amino-2-butenenitriles, 3,4diaminobutanenitriles and 2-aminocyclopropanecarbon...