Abstract
| - α-Alkoxy, amino-, and thio nitriles undergo a Ti(II)-mediated coupling with Grignard reagents to affordheterofunctionalized cyclopropylamines. A chelation effectappears to be generally responsible for the spontaneouscontraction of the intermediate azatitanacycle leading tocyclopropane. By using the described reaction, 1-aminocyclopropanecarboxylic acids were prepared in four steps,in good overall yields, from the readily available benzyloxyacetonitrile.
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