Chemistry Letters · 1990 · 49 citations · 3 references
Natural SciencesChemistryOrganic ChemistryOrganometallic Synthesis
Abstract Ketimines are readily reduced to the corresponding amines by the treatment with ytterbium metal followed by quenching with water. On the other hand, reductive coupling reaction of aldimines takes place to give predominantly 1,2-diaminoethane derivatives.
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