(1) Weir, JR; Patel, BA; Heck, RFJ Org. Chem. 1980, 4.5, 4926 and references therein. and several other types of functionalized organic compounds using triethylammonium formate in the presence of a palladium catalyst. Prior to initiation of their studies, it was well-known that ammonium formate by itself was capable of reducing imiiium salts to amines (the buckart reaction2). Subsequently Wallach3 demonstrated that better results could be obtained in ...
