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Conditions were found for the mild C-alkylation of secondary and tertiary aromatic amines by hexafluoroacetone and methyl trifluoropyruvate. The regiospecific formation of the products of C(4)-alkylation was demonstrated.
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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 4, pp. 931–934, April, 1985.
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Zelenin, A.E., Chkanikov, N.D., Galakhov, M.V. et al. C-alkylation of N-alkylanilines by polyfluoroketones. Russ Chem Bull 34, 850–853 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00948075
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