Nishimura Takahiro, Yoshinaka Tomoaki, Nishiguchi Yoshiki, Maeda Yasunari, Uemura Sakae
Department of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8510, Japan.
Org Lett. 2005 Jun 9;7(12):2425-7. doi: 10.1021/ol0507120.
[reaction: see text] Iridium-catalyzed ring cleavage reaction of cyclobutanone O-benzoyloximes in the presence of 9,10-dihydroanthracene and potassium carbonate proceeds to give saturated nitriles via C-C bond fission at the sterically more hindered site.