Über die Hydrierung α-cyanoäthylierter Aldimine

The catalytic hydrogenation of α-mono- and bis-cyanoethylated aldimines The catalytic hydrogenation of α-mono- and -bis-cyanoethylated aldimines using nickel catalysts was studied. Piperidine derivatives are formed in intramolecular cyclization reactions. The hydrogenation products of α-bis-cyanoethylated ketones, the decahydro-1, 8-naphthyridines, are observed here only as by-products.