Transition-metal-mediated intermolecular activation and functionalization of CH bonds is a topic of high current interest. From another perspective, the functionalization of a simple olefin by an external amine is also a topic that has attracted much interest. However, the direct intermolecular addition of an amine to an unactivated olefin, either metal-mediated or not, has met with only very limited success. 2 As far as allylic amines are considered as ...