A direct catalytic substitution of various allylic and benzylic alcohols with synthetically useful, but acid-sensitive Boc, Bus, and Dios protected amine nucleophiles, which have not been well utilized for Lewis acid catalysis, with various functionalities (OTBS, OTHP, etc.) was efficiently catalyzed by 1 mol% of Au(III) under mild conditions.
Herein, we describe the intermolecular amination of allyl alcohols with sulfamates, which have been underutilized as nitrogen nucleophiles for allylic amination. Methyl sulfamate is a good nucleophile in the presence of mercuric triflate and efficiently generates monoallylation products in excellent yield at room temperature. Furthermore, the solid-supported mercuric catalyst silaphenyl mercuric triflate