G. Cainelli et al., A VERSATILE AND CONVENIENT SYNTHESIS OF N-(TRI-I-PROPYLSILYL)ALDIMINEAND N-(T-BUTYLDIMETHYLSILYL)ALDIMINE, Synlett, (7), 1996, pp. 657
N-(Tri-i-propylsilyl)- and N-(t-butyldimethylsilyl)imines were easily
prepared by reaction of N-(tri-i-propylsilyl)-N-(trimethylsilyl)- and
N-(t-butyldimethylsilyl)-N-(trimethylsilyl)lithium amides with aromati
c as well as aliphatic aldehydes.