Rhenium complex-catalyzed N-allylation and N-benzylation of amines with alcohols

When aliphatic amines were allowed to react with allylic alcohols in the presence of a catalytic amount of a rhenium complex, the N-allylation of aliphatic amines efficiently proceeded to give the corresponding N-allyl substituted amines in moderate to good yields. Similarly, the N-benzylation of an amine with ben-zylic alcohols occurred in the presence of the rhenium catalyst. (c) 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.