Ps. Rao et Rv. Venkataratnam, SINGLE POT REDUCTIVE AMINATION OF AROMATIC-ALDEHYDES TO N-ARYLAMINES, Indian journal of chemistry. Sect. B: organic chemistry, including medical chemistry, 35(11), 1996, pp. 1199-1200
Aromatic aldehydes are directly converted into N-arylamines in a singl
e reaction sequence in the presence of sodium borohydride. The product
s are obtained in good yield and purity for direct utilization.