A novel, highly selective palladium-catalyzed vinylation reaction for the direct synthesis of allylic amines from styrenes and aminals has been established. The utility of this method was also demonstrated by the rapid synthesis of cinnarizine from aldehydes, amines, and simple alkenes in one-pot manner. Mechanistic studies suggested that the reaction proceeds through a valuable cyclometalated Pd(II) complex generated by the oxidative addition of aminal to a Pd(0) species.
Direct Allylic Amination of Allylic Alcohol Catalyzed by Palladium Complex Bearing Phosphine–Borane Ligand
The direct electrophilic, nucleophilic, and amphiphilic allylations of allylic alcohol by use of a palladium catalyst and organometallic reagents such as organoborane and organozinc has been developed. The phosphine–borane compound works as the effective ligand for palladium-catalyzed direct allylic amination of allylic alcohol. Thus, with secondary amines, the reaction was completed in only 1 h, even