title: One pot conversion of benzophenone imine into the relevant 2-aza-allenium.
abstract: Interaction of common imines with WCl6in organic solvents revealed very unusual features in the context of imine chemistry. Ph2C[double bond, length as m-dash]NH was converted in one pot into the 2-aza-allenium species [Ph2C[double bond, length as m-dash]N[double bond, length as m-dash]CPh2]+via N2release, with [Ph2C[double bond, length as m-dash]NH2]+being a co-product. PhCH[double bond, length as m-dash]NtBu underwent C-H bond activation resulting in the formation of [C[triple bond, length as m-dash]N] containing derivatives, together with [PhCH[double bond, length as m-dash]NHtBu]+.
authors.affiliation: University Ca' Foscari Venezia, Dipartimento di Scienze Molecolari e Nanosistemi, Via Torino 155, I-30170 Mestre (VE), Italy. markos@unive.it.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bortoluzzi
authors.affiliation: University of Pisa, Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Via Moruzzi 13, I-56124 Pisa, Italy. fabio.marchetti1974@unipi.it.
authors.forename: Tiziana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Funaioli
authors.affiliation: University of Pisa, Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Via Moruzzi 13, I-56124 Pisa, Italy. fabio.marchetti1974@unipi.it.
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3683-8708
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Marchetti
authors.affiliation: University of Pisa, Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Via Moruzzi 13, I-56124 Pisa, Italy. fabio.marchetti1974@unipi.it.
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pampaloni
authors.affiliation: ICCOM-CNR, Area della Ricerca, Via G. Moruzzi 1, I-56124 Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: Calogero
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pinzino
authors.affiliation: University of Bologna, Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale "Toso Montanari", Viale Risorgimento 4, I-40136 Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zacchini