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Improved Methodology for the Preparation of Chiral Amines

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If a [1,3]-proton shift <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> initially <strong>for</strong>med imine occurred, followed by hydrolysis, 2-<br />

aminooctane and acetophenone would result. When 2-octanone (1.0 equiv), (S)-α-MBA (1.1<br />

equiv), and Yb(OAc) 3 (1.1 equiv) were added to THF-MeOH (standard reaction conditions),<br />

and stirred in <strong>the</strong> absence <strong>of</strong> Raney-Ni and H 2 , a very small quantity <strong>of</strong> new compound (

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