Another Attempt to Reduce a Ketone Goes Wrong

Another Attempt to Reduce a Ketone Goes Wrong 

When the amino ketone 1 was heated at 150-160°C for 15 minutes with the constant boiling liquid salt trimethylammonium formate (TMAF, 5HCOOH.2NMe3), two products were obtained, the major of which (58%) was shown to be 2. 

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