Qianyun Zhang, Wen Zhu, Jinzhong Yao, Xiaofang Li and Hongwei Zhou
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2018,16, 8462-8466
DOI:
10.1039/C8OB02500B,
Communication
An electrocatalytic reductive amination of electron-deficient aldehydes/ketones was developed, which could be used in the synthesis of functionalized tertiary amines and large scale preparation of racemic clopidogrel. A plausible mechanism involving an iminium cation intermediate was proposed.