Fan Renhua, Pu Dongming, Qin Luoheng, Wen Fengqi, Yao Guoping, Wu Jie
Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, Shanghai 200433, China.
J Org Chem. 2007 Apr 13;72(8):3149-51. doi: 10.1021/jo062616y. Epub 2007 Mar 17.
A highly efficient, three-component one-pot benzylation and allylation of aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes and amines affords the corresponding homobenzylamines and homoallylamines in good to excellent yield. The procedure is lauded by its simplicity and manipulability.