0 Copyright 1979 by the American Chemical Society ... An Approach to Primary Allylic Amines via Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Reactions. Total Synthesis of (&)-Gabaculine ... Samuel M. McEluain Laboratories of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Uniuersit) of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 ... The reaction of allylic acetates with 4,4'-dimethoxybenzhydrylamine catalyzed by tetrakis(tripheny1- phosphine)palladium yields the E-allylated 4,4'- ...