A facile and unexpected synthesis of 2,3-bis-(N-alkylanilino)propenals and 1,1-bis(p-alkylaminoaryl)propan-2-ones via oxidative aminomercuriation of prop-2-ynol
Abstract
The course of the oxidative aminomercriation of prop-2-ynol using secondary aromatic amines depends on the acidity of the reaction medium in such a way that the process may be exclusively directed towards the synthesis of 2,3-bis(N-alkylanilino)propenals (2) or 1,1-bis-(p-alkylaminoaryl)propan-2-ones (3), respectively.