ISSN 1017-2548(Print)
ISSN 2234-8530(Online)
Volume 23, Number 2
JKCSEZ 23(2)
April 20, 1979 

The reductive amination of three α,β-unsaturated aldehydes, cinnamaldehyde, crotonaldehyde, and acrolein are carried out successfully by tetracarbonylhydridoferrate in the presence of various primary amines. In a typical reaction, a mixture of potassium tetracarbonylhydridoferrate (22 mmole), an amine (22∼44 mole) and α,β-unsaturated aldehyde (22 mmole), in ethanol (30∼50 ml) was stirred for 9∼60 hours at room temperature under carbon monoxide atmosphere. All the products were characterized as secondary amines by mass, infrared, and nmr spectra as well as gas chromatographic data.