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Amidine synthesis from nitrile and dimethylamine using n-Buli as a base
I am making LiNMe2 using n-Buli (5.5 equiv.) and dimethylamine (5.0 equiv), -15 ºC, dry THF and under nitrogen atmosphere.
I have been doing the reaction and I can observe conversion of starting ...