Ru(IV)-catalyzed isomerization of allylamines in water: a highly efficient procedure for the deprotection of N-allylic amines

Victorio Cadierno; Sergio E García-Garrido; José Gimeno; Noel Nebra

doi:10.1039/b506788j

Ru(IV)-catalyzed isomerization of allylamines in water: a highly efficient procedure for the deprotection of N-allylic amines

Chem Commun (Camb). 2005 Aug 28:(32):4086-8. doi: 10.1039/b506788j. Epub 2005 Jul 13.

Authors

Victorio Cadierno¹, Sergio E García-Garrido, José Gimeno, Noel Nebra

Affiliation

¹ Departamento de Química Orgánica e Inorgánica, Instituto Universitario de Química Organometálica Enrique Moles (Unidad Asociada al C.S.I.C.), Universidad de Oviedo, 33071, Oviedo, Spain. vcm@uniovi.es

PMID: 16091808
DOI: 10.1039/b506788j

Abstract

A general and efficient method for the deprotection of N-allylic substrates in aqueous media, using catalytic amounts of the bis(allyl)-ruthenium(IV) complexes [Ru(eta3:eta2:eta3-C12H18)Cl2] and [{Ru(eta3:eta3-C10H16)(micro-Cl)Cl}2], has been developed.