Palladium-catalyzed aminoallylation of activated olefins with allylic halides and phthalimide

The three-component aminoallylation reaction of the activated olefins 2, with the phthalimide la and allyl chloride proceeded very smoothly in the presence of Pd(2)dba(3)-CHCl3 (5 mol %)/P(4-FC6H4)(3) (40 mol %) and CS2CO3 (3 equiv against 2) in dichloromethane at room temperature to give the corresponding aminoallylated products, N-pent-4-enylphthalimides 3, in 58-99% yields. The reaction of oxazolidinone 1b also proceeded very smoothly to give N-(2,2-dicyano-1-phenylpent-4-enyl)oxazolidinone in a quantitative yield; however, the Tsuji-Trost-type allylation products 4 were obtained in the case of dibenzylamine, N-tosylaniline, and pyrrolidin-2-one. Further, 2 underwent cycloaddition with N-tosylvinylaziridine 9a in the presence of Pd(2)dba(3)-CHCl3 (5 mol %)/P(4-FC6H4)3 (40 mol %) in THF at room temperature, giving the corresponding pyrrolidines 11 in 69-99% yields.