acid-catalyzed reductive α-alkylation of β-aminothiophenes was applied to the N-(thien-3-yl)acetamide and alkyl N-(thien-3-yl)carbamates. Without reduction, β-amino α-vinylthiophenes were obtained when α-branched aldehydes were used. β-(3-Aminothien-2-yl)α,β-unsaturatedketones, esters and nitriles were also prepared from the corresponding α-functionalized acetals. These amines are intermediates in the formation