Alaric Desmarchelier, Pablo Ortiz and Syuzanna R. Harutyunyan
Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 703-706
DOI:
10.1039/C4CC06719C,
Communication
Organomagnesium reagents enable swift and versatile derivatisation of diarylimines to the corresponding α-substituted diarylmethylamines in excellent yields, through fast and clean reactions. Where it occurs, 1,2-reduction can be circumvented using readily accessible dialkylmagnesium reagents.