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Under an atmosphere of oxygen 1,2-diamines underwent clean oxidative cleava
ge in the presence of BF3-OEt2 to give imines in good to excellent yields.
1,2-Amino alcohols were also cleaved under the same conditions to give imin
es and aldehydes in good yields. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights
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