Addition of Trialkylalanes to Imines under Zirconium Catalysis
Clément Denhez, Jean-Luc Vasse, Jan Szymoniak*
*Réactions Sélectives et Applications, CNRS and Université de Reims, 51687 Reims Cedex 2, France, Email: jan.szymoniakuniv-reims.fr
C. Denhez, J.-L. Vasse, J. Szymoniak, Synthesis, 2005, 2075-2079.
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-870028
Abstract
Trialkylalanes undergo addition to imines in the presence of a catalytic amount of dichlorodicyclopentadienylzirconium(IV). The reaction tolerates the presence of various functional groups. A possible reaction pathway is discussed.
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Key Words
zirconium, catalysis, trialkylalanes, amine synthesis, imines
ID: J66-Y2005-1240