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A nucleophilic acid-free addition of dicyanomethyl acetate to N-methylaldimines gives α-(N-methyl-N-acetyl)amino acid methyl esters in excellent yield.
H. Nemoto, T. Kawamura, N. Miyoshi, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127, 14546-14547.