Journal of Organometallic Chemistry

Trichlorosilane-imine complexes. A new method for the reduction of imines to amines

RA Benkeser, DC Snyder

Index: Benkeser, Robert A.; Snyder, Dudley C. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 1982 , vol. 225, # 1 p. 107 - 115

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Citation Number: 31

Abstract

Abstract It has been found that trichlorosilane adds regio-specifically to the carbon—nitrogen double bond of imines under mild conditions to yield hydrolytically unstableN-trichlorosilyl intermediates. The latter can be hydrolyzed in situ by alcoholic base to give the corresponding amines in moderate to good yields. Variously substituted aldo and keto imines, both alkyl and aryl, were tested to demonstrate the scope of the reaction. The ...