title: Palladium pincer-complex catalyzed allylation of tosylimines by potassium trifluoro(allyl)borates.
abstract: Palladium pincer complex 1 catalyzes the reaction of trifluoro(allyl)borate 2 with a wide range of tosylimines (3) under mild and neutral reaction conditions. This catalytic transformation affords homoallylic amines (4) in good to excellent yield. Mechanistic studies suggest that a transmetalation reaction between complex 1 and the borate salt 2 provides an eta(1)-allylpalladium complex, which subsequently reacts with the imine substrate. [Reaction: see text]
authors.affiliation: Stockholm University, Arrhenius Laboratory, Department of Organic Chemistry, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Niclas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Solin
authors.forename: Olov A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Wallner
authors.forename: Kálmán J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Szabó