Borohydride reductions in dichloromethane: A convenient, environmentally compatible procedure for the methylation of amines

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The combination of zinc chloride and sodium borohydride in dichloromethane is used to effect reductive aminations of formaldehyde with a variety of primary and secondary amines containing potentially acid-sensitive functional groups in good to excellent yields.

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Borohydride Reductions
in Dichloromethane: A
Convenient, Environmentally
Compatible Procedure for the
Methylation of Amines
Sukanta Bhattacharyya a b
a Department of Chemistry, Vijoygarh College,
Calcutta, 700032, India
b Department of Chemistry, University of Mississippi,
MS, 38677, USA
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To cite this article: Sukanta Bhattacharyya (1995): Borohydride Reductions in
Dichloromethane: A Convenient, Environmentally Compatible Procedure for the
Methylation of Amines, Synthetic Communications: An International Journal for Rapid
Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 25:14, 2061-2069
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