A chemist, Mada Meens, treated ammonia with pentanal in the presence of hydrogen gas and
Chapter 23, Problem 23.76(choose chapter or problem)
A chemist, Mada Meens, treated ammonia with pentanal in the presence of hydrogen gas and a catalyst in the expectation of obtaining 1-pentanamine by reductive amination. In addition to 1-pentanamine, however, she also obtained dipentylamine and tripentylamine (see Fig. P23.76, p. 1230). Explain how the by-products are formed
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