Chemistry > Aldehydes and Ketones > 12.0 Addition of Nitrogen Nucleophiles

  Aldehydes and Ketones
    1.0 Introduction
    2.0 Methods of Preparation
    3.0 Physical Properties
    4.0 Relative Reactivities of Carbonyl Compounds
    5.0 Addition of Carbon Nucleophiles
    6.0 Haloform Reactions
    7.0 Aldol Condensations
    8.0 Claisen Condensation
    9.0 Intramolecular Claisen Condensation
    10.0 Cannizzaro Reaction
    11.0 Reformatsky Reaction
    12.0 Addition of Nitrogen Nucleophiles
    13.0 Addition of Oxygen Nucleophile
    14.0 Addition of Sulphur Nucleophile
    15.0 Oxidation of Aldehydes And Ketones
    16.0 Reduction of Aldehyde and Ketones
    17.0 Other Reactions Of Aldehydes And Ketones

12.4 Addition of Ammonia: Reductive Amination

The imine formed from the reaction of an aldehyde or a ketone with ammonia is not stable. There must be a substituent other than a hydrogen bonded to the nitrogen of an imine in order to stabilize it The unstable imine, however, is a useful intermediate. For example, if the reaction with $N{H_3}$ is carried out in the presence of ${H_2}$ and on appropriate metal catalyst, Ni add to the C = N bond as it is formed, forming a primary amine.

Similarly secondary and 3° amines can be prepared from imines and enamines by reduction of imines or enamines. Commonly used reducing agents are hydrogen and a metal catalyst. The reaction of an aldehydes or a ketones with ammonia (or with an amine) in the presence of reducing agent is called reductive amination.





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