“…imines 1 and 5). aid of prochiral N-alkyl probes (e.g., 14), since such compounds possess a molecular a plane that passes through the N-R moiety in the bisected conformation depicted in 14; hence, the paired geminal substituents in the N-R group are enantiotopic and isochronous.4 However, if R is chiral (e.g., 15) the o-methyl groups (and the m-hydrogen atoms) will be 1.29 (3 H, d, Vhch = 6.4 Hz, CHCH3), 1.59 (3 H, s, 0-CH3), 2.11 (3 H, s, =CCH3), 2.17 and 2.24 (each 3 H, s, 0-CH3' and p-CH3>, 3.98 (1 H, q, VHcch = 6.4 Hz, NCH), 6.68 (1 H, s, meta H), 6.78 (1 H, s, meta H'), and 7.11 (5 H, br s, CeHs). The =CCD3 analogue of 15 (prepared by deuterium exchange with CD3OD) showed the same chemical shifts in CCI4 solution, except that the signal at b 2.11 had disappeared, thus confirming the assignment of this signal to the =CCH3 group.…”