Forster Reaction

M. O. J. Forster, J. Chem. Soc. 75, 934 (1899); H. Decker, P. Becker, Ann. 395, 362 (1913).

Formation of secondary amines by condensation of a primary amine with an aldehyde, addition of alkyl halide to the Schiff base, and subsequent hydrolysis:



H. Glaser, Houben-Weyl 11/1, 108 (1957); F. Möller, ibid. p 956.