Tetrahedron Letters

Magnesium perchlorate as an efficient catalyst for the synthesis of imines and phenylhydrazones

AK Chakraborti, S Bhagat, S Rudrawar

Index: Chakraborti, Asit K.; Bhagat, Srikant; Rudrawar, Santosh Tetrahedron Letters, 2004 , vol. 45, # 41 p. 7641 - 7644

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Abstract

Magnesium perchlorate has been found to be an efficient catalyst for the synthesis of imines and phenylhydrazones by the reaction of carbonyl compounds with amines and phenylhydrazine in high yields at room temperatures and in short times. The condensation of less electrophilic carbonyl compounds with poorly nucleophilic amines affords the imines in excellent yields.