Chapter 18, Problem 18.96P

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

Using butanal as the only source of carbons, how to synthesize $\text{N-butylbutan-1-amine}$ is to be determined.

Concept introduction:

Amines can be prepared from the corresponding imines using a reducing agent such as ${\text{NaBH}}_4$. Imines are prepared from the nucleophilic addition reaction of an aldehyde and an amine.

A retrosynthetic approach is useful in planning a synthesis of the target molecule using the given starting molecule as the only reagent.