Imine



  An imine is a carbonyl compound and amine, so that azeotrope distillation or use of a dehydrating agent such as molecular sieves is required to push the reaction in favor of imine formation.

Addition reactions with primary amines give imines that are stable under an inert atmosphere. In the presence of oxygen or water, such imines will quite readily hydrolyze or oligomerize. However, with an aryl group or certain stabilizing Mannich base.

Imine synthesis

Imine reactions

Amidates

imidates (R-N=C(OR)R) are imines with an oxygen atom connected to carbon. These compounds find use in benzyl ether with release of trichloroacetamide.

Amidates are the corresponding ligands.

See also

  • Other functional groups with a CN double bond: hydrazones
  • Other functional groups with a CN triple bond: isonitriles

References

  1. ^ March Jerry; (1985). Advanced Organic Chemistry reactions, mechanisms and structure (3rd ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons, inc. ISBN 0-471-85472-7
  2. ^ Organic Syntheses, Coll. Vol. 6, p.664 (1988); Vol. 50, p.81 (1970) Link.
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