The mechanism of the reaction of secon
dary amines (piperi
dine, morpholine) with the cationic complexes[(
BORDER=0 >3-PhCHCHCHR)P
dL
2]
+BF
4- (R = Ph, L = PPh
3 or L
2 =
dpp
b; R = H, L
2 =
dpp
b) has
beeninvestigate
d in DMF. The reaction, which affor
ds the tertiary allylic amine, is irreversi
ble when L is amono
dentate ligan
d such as PPh
3, whereas the reaction is reversi
ble when L
2 is a
bi
dentate ligan
d suchas
dpp
b. In all cases, piperi
dine is more reactive than morpholine. The rate an
d equili
brium constantshave
been
determine
d in DMF. These results can
be com
bine
d with our previous results on the mechanismof the reversi
ble formation of cationic [(
3-PhCHCHCHPh)P
dL
2]
+AcO
- by reacting P
d0L
2 complexeswith (
E)-PhCH=CHCH(Ph)OAc. Fully esta
blishe
d catalytic cycles are now propose
d for the P
d-catalyze
dallylic amination of (
E)-PhCH=CHCH(Ph)OAc
by piperi
dine an
d morpholine. The amine an
d AcO
- arein competition in their reaction with the cationic complexes [(
3-PhCHCHCHPh)P
dL
2]
+. The nucleophilicattack of the amine may
be faster than the attack of AcO
- an
d thus limite
d by the ionization step inwhich [(
3-PhCHCHCHPh)P
dL
2]
+ is forme
d, this ionization step
being turnover limiting for the catalyticcycle.