Water-Tolerant Unstabilized Carbanion Equivalents: Bismuth(III) Chloride-Aluminum Promoted Alkylations of Immonium Cations to Amines in Aqueous Media

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)92139-7

In the presence of bismuth(III) chloride-metallic aluminum, alkyl as well as allyl halides react with N-(alkylamino)benzotriazoles at 20 deg C in THF-water to give the corresponding homoalkylated amines in high yields.