Ruthenium-catalyzed reductive amination of allylic alcohols

Org Lett. 2011 Aug 5;13(15):3964-7. doi: 10.1021/ol201485e. Epub 2011 Jun 24.

Abstract

Straighforward access to various saturated amines from allylic alcohols and isostructural mixture can now be achieved in the presence of arene ruthenium catalyst featuring phosphinesulfonate ligand and a hydrogen donor.