Vp. Litvinov, Amides of cyanoacetic acid and their thio- and selenocarbonyl analogues aspromising reagents for fine organic synthesis, USP KH, 68(9), 1999, pp. 817-844
Data on the use of amides of cyanoacetic acid - cyanoacet(thioacet, selenoa
cet)amides in fine organic synthesis are analysed and generalised. The pros
pects of using these compounds as reagents for combinatoric synthesis are d
iscussed.