short paper	Synthesis 1995; 1995: 756-758 DOI: 10.1055/s-1995-4012
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A Convenient Two-Step Procedure for the Synthesis of Substituted Allylic Amines from Allylic Alcohols
Stephanie E. Sen*, Steven L. Roach
*Department of Chemistry, Indiana U.-Purdue U. at Indianapolis (IUPUI), 402 North Blackford Street, Indianapolis IN 46202, USA, Fax +1(317)2744701; E-mail sen@chem.inpui.edu

The synthesis of several isomerically pure allylic amines, including farnesyl amine, is achieved in excellent yields using a modified Gabriel synthesis.

allylic amine - Gabriel synthesis - zinc azide - phthalimide deprotection