Amine oxides, 1, 5, 10, 15, 21, 23, when treated by lithium diisopropylamide undergo deprotonation. Monodeprotonation gives rise either to secondary amines and benzaldehyde resulting from the hydrolysis of an intermediate immonium (I) or to hydroxylamines via a Stevens-like rearrangement observed for the first time on an amine oxide. Double deprotonation gives an immonium ylid (Y) which, depending upon the structure of the ...
