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Today in lecture, you were showing us how an amine can react to form an imine by reacting with a carbonyl compound and acid. You also said that the imine can be hydrolyzed back to the amine and carbonyl compound by adding aqueous acid. One of the products of the reaction you showed us today was water, so does that water and the acid thats already present hydrolyze the imine back to the amine and ketone to some extent to form an equilibrium? Also, is there a way to minimize the hydrolysis back to the amine and ketone and keep the imine?
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A: Yes, it is an equilibrium. If you remove water you can drive the formation of the imine. Water can be removed using molecular sieves or distillation, depending on the reactants.


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