Highly Coordinated Tin Hydrides: A Novel Synthesis of Tertiary Amines via Hydrostannation of Imines

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00114a014

The highly coordinated tin hydride, Bu2SnClH-HMPA (B), is shown to be an effective agent for the reduction of imines.The subsequent alkylation of the resulting intermediate tin amides permitted the preparation of a series of tertiary amines in a one-pot procedure.The spectral identification of the novel tin hydrides, B and Bu2SnClH-Bu4NF, was accomplished by 1H, 13C, and 119Sn NMR and FT-IR studies.