Vinylic bromides, olefins, and basic, unhindered secondary amines react in the presence of a palladium acetate catalyst to form mixtures of dienes and tertiary allylic amines in generally high yields. The reaction is often selective in forming predominantly, or exclusively, one isomeric amine when various vinylic bromides are reacted with 1-hexene and various secondary amines.
[Negishi, Ei-ichi; Takahashi, Tamotsu; Baba, Shigeru; Horn, David E. Van; Okukado, Nobuhisa Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1987 , vol. 109, # 8 p. 2393 - 2401]
