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.
Direct amination of unactivated allylic alcohols with aqueousammonia was catalyzed by a Pt/phosphine complex to give the corresponding allylamines along with water as the sole by‐product. Under optimized reaction conditions, primary allylamines were obtained as major products with excellent monoallylation selectivity. cod=1,5‐cyclooctadiene.