Synlett 2000; 2000(11): 1655-1657
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-7922
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A Single Step Reductive Amination of Carbonyl Compounds with Polymethylhydrosiloxane-Ti(OiPr)4

S. Chandrasekhar* , Ch. Raji Reddy, Moinuddin Ahmed
  • *Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad 500 007, India; Fax +91 40 7 17 33 87; E-mail: srivaric@iict.ap.nic.in
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Publication Date:
31 December 2000 (online)

Highly chemoselective `one pot' amination of carbonyl groups is achieved using polymethylhydrosiloxane (PMHS) as reductant and Ti(OiPr)4 as activator. A comparative study with other activators such as AlCl3 and Pd-C was also studied.

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