Quantitative solid–solid synthesis of azomethines

J Schmeyers, F Toda, J Boy, G Kaupp

Index: Schmeyers, Jens; Toda, Fumio; Boy, Juergen; Kaupp, Gerd Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin Transactions 2, 1998 , # 4 p. 989 - 993

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Abstract

Twenty preparatively useful azomethines have been quantitatively (100% yield at 100% conversion) obtained as hydrates by grinding together solid anilines with solid benzaldehydes without passing through liquid phases. Unlike (acid catalyzed) azomethine syntheses in solution, the solid–solid condensations proceed 'waste-free'. The solid-state mechanisms have been elucidated by atomic force microscopy (AFM) and in part by ...