Thursday, November 30, 2017

amines - Acid in Imine Formation


Why is a strong acid like $\ce{H2SO4}$ used for imine formation here instead of a weaker acid like TsOH? I thought that if the pH was too low, the amine molecule would get protonated to an ammonium, which are not nucleophilic? enter image description here




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