Jl. Toujas et al., SYNTHESIS OF HOMOCHIRAL N-BOC-BETA-AMINOALDEHYDES FROM N-BOC-BETA-AMINONITRILES, Bulletin de la Societe chimique de France, 134(7), 1997, pp. 713-717
Enantiopure N-Boc-beta-aminoaldehydes are efficiently prepared in good
yields from N-Boc-beta-aminonitriles by reduction of the nitrile func
tion with diisobutylaluminum hydride (DIBAL-H).