Synthesis, Table of Contents SHORTPAPER © Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart ˙ New York A New Synthesis of N,N′-Bis(dimethylaminomethylene)hydrazine Willi Kantlehner*a,b, Jochen Mezgerb, Edmont V. Stoyanovb, Sylvia Leonhardtb a Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569 Stuttgart, Germanyb Fakultät Chemie/Organische Chemie, Hochschule Aalen, Beethovenstr. 1, 73430 Aalen, GermanyFax: +49(7361)5762250; e-Mail: willi.kantlehner@htw-aalen.de; Recommend Article Abstract Buy Article All articles of this category Abstract N,N′-Bis(dimethylaminomethylene)hydrazine was synthesized in a one-step procedure from N,N′-diformylhydrazine and tert-butoxy-bis(dimethylamino)methane (Bredereck-Simchen reagent) or N,N-dimethylformamide dimethylacetal. Key words condensation reaction - Bredereck-Simchen reagent - building block - iminium salts Full Text References References 1 Naik AD. Marchand-Brynaert J. Garnia Y. Synthesis 2008, 149 2 Bartlett RK. Humphrey IR. J. Chem. Soc. C 1967, 1664 3 Föhlisch B. Braun R. Schultze KW. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl. 1967, 6: 361 ; Angew. Chem. 1967, 79, 318 4a Kantlehner W. Leonhardt S. Ziegler G. Scherr O. Kreß R. Goeppert A. Sommer J. Z. Naturforsch., B: Chem. Sci. 2007, 62: 995 4b For a review, see: Kantlehner W. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2003, 2530 5 Bredereck H. Simchen G. Kantlehner W. Horn P. Wahl R. Hoffmann H. Grieshaber P. Chem. Ber. 1968, 101: 41 6 Kantlehner W. Speh P. Chem. Ber. 1972, 105: 1340