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Transient azomethine-ylides from a stable amino-carbene and an aldiminium salt
Cattoen, Xavier,Sole, Stephane,Pradel, Christian,Gornitzka, Heinz,Miqueu, Karinne,Bourissou, Didier,Bertrand, Guy
, p. 911 - 914 (2003)
Catalytic amounts of a protic reagent such as tert-butyl alcohol promote the isomerization of a stable amino-aryl-carbene into a transient azomethine ylide. Deprotonation of an alkyl-aldiminium salt also leads to a transient azomethine ylide, but labeling experiments rule out the transient formation of the corresponding amino-alkyl-carbene. The potential hypersurface between model amino-carbene, aziridine, and azomethine ylide is investigated.
