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A simple aldehyde has been shown to catalyse an intermolecular hydroamination, not by activating either reaction partner, but simply by bringing them into close proximity.

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  1. Kian Tan is in the Department of Chemistry at Boston College, 2609 Beacon Street, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02647, USA,
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Tan, K. Temporary intramolecularity.Nature Chem 4, 253–254 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.1308

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