A Convenieni Catalytic System of Potassium Carbonate and Alkanol: The Michael Addition and Carbonyl Addition Reactions of Imine Compounds

Abstract
The nucleophilic addition of imine compounds to dipolarophiles can be conveniently performed in protic alkanol solvents using solid K2CO3 as a base. This method may be adapted on the large scale preparation of glutamine and serine cerivatives.