Talk:Vilsmeier reagent

The second step of the suggested mechanism is incorrect. Nucleophilic attack on a C=N bond will first lead to a tetrahedral intermediate and then to the expulsion of your phosphoryl chloride. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.240.72.245 (talk) 16:02, 4 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you for helping out. You are almost certainly correct but the scheme is not really incorrect: it just seems to skip over the step you mention and goes right to the formation of the iminium species. Please continue to look for issues in this and other chem pages! --Smokefoot (talk) 22:31, 4 December 2019 (UTC)