title: Iridium complex-catalyzed allylic amination of allylic esters.
abstract: Iridium complex-catalyzed allylic amination of allylic carbonates was studied. The solvent strongly affected the catalytic activity. The use of a polar solvent such as EtOH is essential for obtaining the products in high yield. The reaction of (E)-3-substituted-2-propenyl carbonate and 1-substituted-2-propenyl carbonate with pyrrolidine in the presence of a catalytic amount of [Ir(COD)Cl](2) and P(OPh)(3) (P/Ir = 2) gave a branch amine with up to 99% selectivity. Both secondary and primary amines could be used for this reaction. When a primary amine was used, selective monoallylation occurred. No diallylation product was obtained. The reaction of 1,1-disubstituted-2-propenyl acetate with amines exclusively gave an alpha,alpha-disubstituted allylic amine. This reaction provides an alternative route to the addition of an organometallic reagent to ketimines for the preparation of such amines. The reaction of (Z)-3-substituted-2-propenyl carbonate with amines gave (Z)-linear amines with up to 100% selectivity. In all cases, no (E)-linear amine was obtained. The selectivities described here have not been achieved in similar palladium complex-catalyzed reactions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Integrated Science, Yokohama City University, 22-2 Seto, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama 236-0027, Japan. rtakeuch@yokohama-cu.ac.jp
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ue
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanabe
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shiga