The Addition of Primary and Secondary Amines to Ethylenimine in the Presence of Aluminum Chloride

GH Coleman, JE Callen

Index: Coleman; Callen Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1946 , vol. 68, p. 2006

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Citation Number: 18

Abstract

Summary The addition of primary and secondary amines to ethylenimine to form N- substituted ethylenediamines has been effected in anhydrous media using aluminum chloride as a catalyst. 2. Higher temperatures were required for the satisfactory addition of primary amines to ethylenimine than was the case for secondary amines. Several types of primary and secondary amines were used.