Tin-mediated addition of bromoacetonitrile to aldimines

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/00397919708004176

In the presence of tin powder, the addition of bromoacetonitrile to aldimines gives β-amino nitriles in THF. Chlorotrimethylsilane can accelerate the reaction.

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Tin-Mediated Addition
of Bromoaceto-Nitrile to
Aldimines
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Peipei Sun & Yongmin Zhang
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Department of Chemistry, Hangzhou University,
Hangzhou, 310028, P.R. China
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To cite this article: Peipei Sun & Yongmin Zhang (1997): Tin-Mediated Addition of
Bromoaceto-Nitrile to Aldimines, Synthetic Communications: An International Journal
for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 27:18, 3175-3180
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