A mechanistic approach to the reaction between imines and sodium hydrogen telluride

✍ Scribed by Derek H.R Barton; Luis Bohé; Xavier Lusinchi

• Book ID: 104220052
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1988
• Tongue: French
• Weight: 215 KB
• Volume: 29
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0040-4039
• DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(00)86114-6

✦ Synopsis

A study of the mechanism of the action of sodium hydrogen telluride on imines is presented. It accounts for the observed reduction of the imine function to secondary amino or methylene groups depending on the structure of the substrate. Sodium hydrogen telluride, ' NaTeH, has been described as a nucleophilic 2a or as a reducing reagent. 2b,3 Most of the published work deals with its use as a valuable synthetic reagent.