ABSTRACT
In the presence of 10 mol% of La(O-i-Pr)3, a three-component condensation reaction of aldehyde, secondary amine and trimethylsilylcyanide proceeded smoothly to afford N,N-dialkyl-α-cyanoamine in good yield.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We thank the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the State Key Project of Basic Research (Project 973) (No. G2000048007) for their financial supports.