Transimination. Conversion of nitriles into secondary amines in a one‐pot reaction

Abstract
Transimination has been used as a key step in a convenient, highly erythro selective, one‐pot synthesis of N‐substituted β‐ethanolamines from (R)‐(+)‐[(tert‐butyldimethylsilyl)oxy]‐benzeneacetonitrile (OTBS‐mandelonitrile).