Although hydrazines cannot be directly added to non-activated, terminal acetylenes in the presence of mercury(II) salts, this difficulty was circumvented by treating hydrazines with 1-alkynylmercury trifluoroacetates (2); in this way, several hydrazones (4a–h) and 1-amino-1-aza-1,3-dienes (4i–m) were easily prepared.
ABSTRACT A simple, environmentally benign protocol for synthesis of hydrazones from carbonyl compounds and hydrazides has been developed in the presence of meglumine in aqueous-ethanol media at room temperature. The salient features of the present protocol are mild reaction conditions, short reaction time, high yields, operational simplicity, metal-free, applicability toward large-scale synthesis, and biodegradable