Zinc-catalyzed reduction of imines by triethylsilane

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1332-1341

  Kumar, K Anil ^a   Sreelekha, T S ^a   Shivakumara, K N ^a   Prakasha, K C ^a   Gowda, D Channe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

Author keywords

Hydrogenation; imines; secondary amines; triethylsilane (TES); zinc dust

Indexed keywords

IMINE; SILANE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; HYDROGENATION; PRESSURE; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

EID: 67650266446     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910802521246     Document Type: Article

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