Pd (eq 1) R A+ R'X R-R'nylpalladium complexes, formed in situ from phenyl or alkenyl halides and a Pd (0) complex, reacts with 1, Zdienes regioselectively to form (2-phenyl-or (2- alkenyl-a-allyl)-palladium intermediates which undergo amination to give 2-phenyl or 2- alkenyl allylic amines (eq 2). 2 In the reaction