2000 nitriles

nitriles (acyclic compounds)P 0350

45 - 080Aldol and Michael Reactions of Nitriles Catalyzed by Cyclopentadi-enylruthenium Enolate Complexes. — The new Ru complexes shownin the scheme are found to be highly effective catalysts for aldol and Michaelreactions of nitriles. — (MURAHASHI, SHUN-ICHI; TAKE, KAZUHIKO;NAOTA, TAKESHI; TAKAYA, HIKARU; Synlett (2000) 7, 1016-1018; Dep.Chem., Grad. Sch. Eng. Sci., Osaka Univ., Toyonaka, Osaka 560, Japan; EN)

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