Q23-20P

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Show how you might use an enamine reaction to prepare each of the following compounds:



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1Enamines:

These are carbon nucleophiles which are very useful in biological chemistry.  Enamines are readily prepared by a reaction between a ketone and a secondary amine:



2Formation of the first product from enamine:


3Formation of second product from enamine: