Allylic amine formation by imination of allylic tellurides

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/00404-0399(50)1362-L

The imination of allylic phenyl tellurides with [N-(p-toluenesulfonyl)imino]phenyliodinane or chloramine-T affords the corresponding allylic amines via [2,3]sigmatropic rearrangement of the tellurimide intermediates in high yields. Application to chiral cinnamyl 2-(1-dimethylaminoethyl)ferrocenyl telluride results in the formation of the corresponding chiral allylic amine, 3-phenyl-3-tosylaminopropene, with 93% ee.