Hoch-Campbell ethylenimine synthesis

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In organic chemistry the Hoch-Campbell ethylenimine synthesis is a method for constructing ethyleneimines from oximes. The oxime is treated with Grignard reagents: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Hoch-Campbell Ethylenimine Synthesis

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and phenylmagnesium bromide (C
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H
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)−Mg−Br
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References

  1. Hoch, Compt. rend., 196, 1865 (1934); (a), ibid., aOS, 799 (1936); (e), ibid., 204, 358 (1937).
  2. Kenneth N. Campbell; James F. Mckenna (1939). "The action of Grignard reagents on oximes. i. The action of phenylmagnesium bromide on mixed ketoximes". Journal of Organic Chemistry . 4 (2): 198–205. doi:10.1021/jo01214a012.
  3. Kenneth N. Campbell; Barbara Knapp Campbell; Elmer Paul Chaput (1943). "The reaction of Grignard reagents with oximes. ii. The action of aryl grignard reagents with mixed ketoximes". Journal of Organic Chemistry . 8 (1): 99–102. doi:10.1021/jo01189a015.
  4. Kenneth N. Campbell; Barbara K. Campbell; James F. Mckenna; Elmer Paul Chaput (1943). "The action of Grignard reagents on oximes. iii. The mechanism of the action of arylmagnesium halides on mixed ketoximes. A new synthesis of ethyleneimines". Journal of Organic Chemistry . 8: 103–9. doi:10.1021/jo01189a016.