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Reduction with organic selenium compounds II. Reduction of Schiff bases with selenophenol reductive alkylation of amines with carbonyl compounds

K Fujimori, H Yoshimoto, S Oae

Index: Fujimori, Ken; Yoshimoto, Hiroshi; Oae, Shiguri Tetrahedron Letters, 1980 , vol. 21, p. 3385 - 3388

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Abstract

Abstract Reduction of Schiff bases with selenophenol proceeded at room temperature to yield the corresponding sec. amines quantitatively. The reaction of either prim. amine or sec. amine with carbonyl compound and selenophenol gave sec. or tert. amines, respectively.