Abstracto

Cobalt and Dual Photo Redox Catalysis Enable Site Specific Allylic Amination

John Newton*

A challenge in green synthetic chemistry is the creation of an extremely effective, selective and atom economical process for the synthesis of allylic amines. Lei, Qi and coworkers recently reported that the use of a photoredox catalyst in conjunction with a cobaloxime catalyst enables site selective allylic amination of different olefins with secondary alkyl amines, producing the valuable tertiary aliphatic allylamines without the need for external oxidants.