Hydroamination and Hydroaminoalkylation of Alkenes by Group 3–5 Elements: Recent Developments and Comparison with Late Transition Metals

Abstract

This short review highlights recent catalyst developments from group 3–5 elements reported in the past few years to promote two highly atom-saving transformations, namely hydroamination and hydroaminoalkylation, for the synthesis of both cyclic and acyclic nitrogen-containing compounds. A specific emphasis is given to reports leading to scalemic compounds essentially via intramolecular hydroamination catalyzed by group 3–5 metals and intermolecular hydroaminoalkylation catalyzed by group 5 elements. In both transformations, performances of these electropositive metals will be compared with recent developments obtained through late-transition-metal catalysis.