Leuckart reaction

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The Leuckart reaction is the chemical reaction of ammonium salts of formic acid with aldehydes (or ketones) to form amines by reductive amination.[1] The reaction is named after Rudolf Leuckart .

The Leuckart reaction

In addition to ammonia, primary and secondary amines are also successful.[2]

When excess formic acid is used, the reaction is called the Leuckart-Wallach reaction.[3][4] The reaction is named after Rudolf Leuckart and Otto Wallach.

[edit] References

  1. ^  Leuckart, R. Ber. 1885, 18, 2341.
  2. ^  deBenneville, P. L.; Macartney, J. H. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1950, 72, 3073 - 3075. (doi:10.1021/ja01163a074)
  3. ^  Wallach, O. Ann. 1892, 272, 99.
  4. ^  Moore Organic Reactions 1949, 5, 301. (Review)

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