The addition of tert-butyl borate or ethyl formate to N-alkylbenzalimines directs the reaction pathway from the Birch reduction to the pinacol-type coupling with lithium in THF; an analogous reaction with a dimethylimmonium salt requires a trace titanium catalyst as the electron-transfer mediator.
Iminopinacol coupling with lithium: electron-transfer mediators
E. A. Mistryukov, Mendeleev Commun., 2002, 12, 230 DOI: 10.1070/MC2002v012n06ABEH001617
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