When an aldimine is treated with an aliphatic aldehyde, a mixture of a 1,2,3,5-tetralkyldihydropyridine and an N-alkenylidenealkylamine is obtained, often in good yield. The method offers a convenient route to many pyridine and piperidine derivatives not readily obtained by the conventional reaction of an aldehyde with an amine.
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