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In the presence of a catalytic amount of a diphosphonium salt, the reaction of various imines, including 2-[N-(diphenylmethyl)formimidoyl]-pyridine, with ketene silyl acetals proceeded smoothly to afford the corresponding β-aminoesters in good yields.
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Mukaiyama et al. (1989) studied this question.
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