Now on the topic: I was searching on alternatives of the Al/Hg reductive amination of L-PAC, particularly interested in the Leuckart reaction, but I
haven't seen a post or a paper if the Leuckart reaction is working on acyloins like L-PAC.
I have found a paper by Smith, Kline and French Laboratories, in which on page 312 it is written, that "benzoins behave abnormally with the Leuckart
reagent". |