The reaction medium contains only salicylaldehyde and the primary amine in MeOH medium. But the product data shows that, amine part is dimerised. Crystal data reveals that. Any particular mechanism??
Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 159 (11) G151-G159 (2012) G153 Scheme 3. 6-Aminoquinolineradical ([6-QNH]• ) dimerization accompanied by the two-electron oxidation of formed dimer. Spindensity of the main Scheme 2. 6-Aminoquinoline cation radical ([6-QNH2 ]+• ) dimerization ac- reactivesites of [6-QNH]• is also shown."
Sorry, I do not really know. Only indication from above publication I got: aminoquinoline does dimerize. And, the H2N in aminoquinoline is not exactly a
primary amine, it is aniline compound, H2N is on an aromatic ring. H2N-CH2- or H2N-CHR-,... are primary amine.