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WE have recently introduced the trisdialkylaminoboranes as new reagents for the synthesis of enamines and tertiary amides1. Similarly, the trismonoalkylaminoboranes react with ketones to yield Schiff's bases, and with carboxylic acids to give secondary amides.
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LEVITT, T., PELTER, A. Trismonoalkylaminoboranes in Organic Synthesis: the Exploitation of a New Type of ‘Activated Ester’. Nature 211, 299–300 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/211299a0
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