Generation and Reaction of (N-Aryltrifluoroacetimidoyl)zinc Halide

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/bcsj.67.300

(N-Aryltrifluoroacetimidoyl)zinc halides were easily generated at room temparature by the oxidative addition of imidoyl halides to activated zinc powder. zinc halides react with aldehydes to give the corresponding alcohols smoothly to excellent yields.These adducts could be readily transformed to the α-amino ketones.