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A variety of aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes and ketones were efficiently reduced to their corresponding amines when treated with primary and secondary amines and NaBH4 in micellar media at room temperature under neutral conditions.
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Alinezhad, H., Tajbakhsh, M. & Salehian, F. Reductive Amination of Aldehydes and Ketones to Their Corresponding Amines with NaBH4 in Micellar Media. Monatsh. Chem. 136, 2029–2033 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00706-005-0362-3
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