Asymmetric Strecker

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asymmetric_Strecker_Zuend_2009.svg.png Check: reaction type Strecker reaction
Check: keywords organocatalysis asymmetric synthesis
Check: Published in Nature Zuend et al. 2009 DOI Jacobsen lab.
Check: substrate imine
Check: reagents trimethylsilyl cyanide, methanol, a thiourea catalyst. See organocatalysis
Check: utility. The reaction product a chiral tert-butyl leucine can be used as a starting material for synthesis of HIV protease inhibitor atazanavir.
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