Aromatic aldimines are reductively coupled to 1,2-diamines by treatment with samarium diiodide. Cross-coupling of aromatic ketimines with ketones to 2-aminoalcohols is also promoted by the same reagent.
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Imamoto et al. (1990) studied this question.
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