Intermolecular hydroamination of alkynes catalyzed by Ti (NMe2) 4 was much improved with N-heterocyclic carbenes and LiN (SiMe3) 2, by which high Markovnikov selectivity was attained for the coupling of nearly all alkynes and amines.
[Rodriguez, J. Gonzalo; Urrutia, Anahi; De Diego, J. Eugenio; Martinez-Alcazar, M. Paz; Fonseca Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1998 , vol. 63, # 13 p. 4332 - 4337]