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Primary 1-arylcyclopropylamines from aryl cyanides with diethylzinc and titanium alkoxides
Stefan Wiedemann1, Daniel Frank, Harald Winsel
1Institut für Organische Chemie der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Tammannstrasse 2, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
Organic Letters
|February 28, 2003
Abstract:
1-Aryl-substituted primary cyclopropylamines are conveniently prepared from aromatic nitriles and diethylzinc. The yields range from 40 to 56% for donor-substituted (five examples) to 62-82% for non- and acceptor-substituted substrates (nine examples).