Gabriel synthesis


Definition: The reaction of primary alkyl halides with sodium or potassium phthalimide, followed by hydrolysis, to give the corresponding primary amine.

ID: RXNO:0000103

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Synthesis of aminomethylated 4-fluoropiperidines and 3-fluoropyrrolidines
Guido Verniest, Karel Piron, Eva Van Hende, Jan Willem Thuring, Gregor Macdonald, Frederik Deroose and Norbert De Kimpe, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2010 , 8 , 2509
DOI: 10.1039/c003380d