Editing Amine (section)

===Specialized methods===
Many methods exist for the preparation of amines, many of these methods being rather specialized.
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! style="width:200px;"|Reaction name !! Substrate !! class="unsortable" | Comment
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|valign=top| [[Staudinger reduction]]
|[[Organic azide]]
| This reaction also takes place with a reducing agent such as [[lithium aluminium hydride]].
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|valign=top| [[Schmidt reaction]]
|valign=top|[[Carboxylic acid]]
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|valign=top| [[Aza-Baylis–Hillman reaction]]
|valign=top|[[Imine]]
| Synthesis of allylic amines
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|valign=top| [[Birch reduction]]
|valign=top| [[Imine]]
| Useful for reactions that trap unstable imine intermediates, such as [[Grignard reaction]]s with [[nitrile]]s.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Weiberth|first1=Franz J.|last2=Hall|first2=Stan S.|title=Tandem alkylation-reduction of nitriles. Synthesis of branched primary amines|journal=Journal of Organic Chemistry|date=1986|volume=51|issue=26|pages=5338–5341|doi=10.1021/jo00376a053}}</ref>
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|valign=top| [[Hofmann rearrangement|Hofmann degradation]]
|valign=top|[[Amide]]
| This reaction is valid for preparation of primary amines only. Gives good yields of primary amines uncontaminated with other amines.
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|valign=top| [[Hofmann elimination]]
|valign=top| [[Quaternary ammonium salt]]
|Upon treatment with strong base
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|valign=top| [[Leuckart reaction]]
|valign=top| [[Ketone]]s and [[aldehyde]]s
| [[Reductive amination]] with [[formic acid]] and [[ammonia]] via an [[imine]] intermediate
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|valign=top| [[Hofmann–Löffler reaction]]
|valign=top| [[Haloamine]]
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|valign=top| [[Eschweiler–Clarke reaction]]
|valign=top| Amine
| [[Reductive amination]] with [[formic acid]] and [[formaldehyde]] via an [[imine]] intermediate
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