Synthesis of Polyfunctional Secondary Amines by the Reaction of Functionalized Organomagnesium Reagents with Tertiary Nitroalkanes.

Addition of polyfunctionalized aryl, heteroaryl, and tertiary alkylmagnesium reagents to tertiary nitroalkanes at 25 °C in tetrahydrofuran produces, after reductive workup with FeCl2 and NaBH4 in ethanol, the corresponding polyfunctional secondary amines in high yields. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]