“…In addition, the dissociation of both one PPh 3 and Cl Ϫ from 1 has been previously proposed by Trost to account for the catalytic activity of this complex in other organic transformations. [19] Finally, we found appreciable amounts of free imine in the reaction mixtures, unlike previous observations in which the imine is formed at the metal centre, by condensation between coordinated amine and aldehyde, and then, without decoordination, immediately hydrogenated to the corresponding amine. [1,5,8,11,12] …”