Patent ID: 6723879
Filing Date: 2004-04-20
Classification: B01J,C07C

Abstract:
A process for producing an amino compound from an alkene or from an alkylarene, which comprises converting the Câ€”H bond at the allyl position of the alkene or the Câ€”H bond at the benzyl position of the alkylarene, to the Câ€”N bond, wherein there are used an optically active salen-manganese complex as the catalyst and a N-substituted iminoaryliodinane as the amination agent, the optically active salen-manganese complex being expressed by formula (1): in which at least one of R1 and R2 denotes an electron-withdrawing group, and R3 denotes an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a phenyl group, or a group in which the two R3's are linked together to form a five- to seven-membered alicyclic hydrocarbon group.