aDepartment of Chemistry, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA 70504, USA
bDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA
Abstract:
The copper(I) complex Cu(CH3CN)4]PF6 catalyzes the allylic amination of alkenes by aryl hydroxylamine in fair to moderate yields. Unsymmetrical alkenes react with high regioselectivity with N-functionalization occuring at the less substituted vinylic carbon. Trapping experiments indicate that free PhNO is not an intermediate in these reactions.