Catalytic Use of Zinc Amide for Transmetalation with Allylboronates: General and Efficient Catalytic Allylation of Carbonyl Compounds, Imines, and Hydrazones
The efficient catalytic allylation of ketones, imines, and hydrazones with allylboronates using a catalytic amount of zinc amide is reported. In this reaction, the boron‐to‐zinc exchange process occurred smoothly to afford the corresponding allylzinc amides, and the desired allylation reactions proceeded in high efficiency (∼0.1 mol%). A mechanistic study revealed that transmetalation was a rate‐determining
umpolung strategy for the synthesis of homoallylamines from unactivated imines and allyl bromides is described. This strategy exploited N,N-diisopropylethylamine (DIPEA) as an auxiliary agent to indirectly realize the cross-coupling of imines and allyl bromides. Various stericallyhindered homoallylamines were synthesized by combining photocatalysis with halogen atom transfer (XAT). Notable characteristics