Strecker synthesis is one of several means of producing α-amino acids. α-amino acids are molecules, which contain an amine and carboxylic group that are separated by a single carbon (the α-carbon).
THE reaction of 2- and 4-alkylcyclohexanones in the Strecker and Bucherer hydantoin reactions leads to geometrically isomeric alkylcyclohexane-1-amino-1-carboxylic acids. Paper chromatographic ...
The asymmetric synthesis of cyanohydrins and α-aminonitriles occupies a central position in modern organic chemistry owing to the wide utility of these motifs as chiral building blocks for ...