Solvent-free allylation and benzylation of aldimines mediated by zinc powder

✍ Scribed by Yumei Zhang; Tingli Yan; Wei Cheng; Jianming Zuo; Weijie Zhao

• Book ID: 104096491
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: French
• Weight: 996 KB
• Volume: 50
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0040-4039
• DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2009.03.184

✦ Synopsis

A rapid and efficient procedure for allylation and benzylation of aldimines mediated by zinc powder under solvent-free conditions is described. The procedure is operationally simple, higher regioselective, and gives good to excellent yields.