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Making Imines Without Making Water− Exploiting a Recognition-Mediated Aza-Wittig Reaction

V del Amo, D Philp

Index: Del Amo, Vicente; Slawin, Alexandra M. Z.; Philp, Douglas Organic Letters, 2008 , vol. 10, # 20 p. 4589 - 4592

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Abstract

A recognition-mediated aza-Wittig reaction permits the efficient formation of an imine in dry CDCl3 from an iminophosphorane and an aldehyde. The kinetic and thermodynamic parameters for this reaction are compared with those obtained from a condensation reaction