Reactions of a series of bis(α-amino acidato)copper(II) complexes with formaldehyde and benzamide: Aldol-type condensation versus Mannich aminomethylation

Article abstract of DOI:10.1039/b202955c

In the reactions of bis(α-amino acidato)copper(II) with formaldehyde and benzamide, competing processes occur and the preferred pathway depends on the nature and number of the α-carbon substituents of the chelated amino acid, and the pH of the reaction me