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Ceric ammonium nitrate efficiently catalyzes the aza-Michael reaction of amines with α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds in water to produce the corresponding β-amino carbonyl compounds in very good yields under mild conditions. The reaction is procedurally simple and offers limited chemoselectivity, as aromatic amines were found to be unreactive.
R. Varala, N. Sreelatha, S. R. Adapa, Synlett, 2006, 1549-1553.


The addition of primary and secondary amines to α,β-unsaturated esters, nitriles, amides, and ketones mediated by solid lithium perchlorate gave the corresponding saturated amines under solvent-free and environmentally friendly conditions at room temperature.
N. Azizi, M. R. Saidi, Tetrahedron, 2004, 60, 383-387.


Cellulose-supported copper(0) efficiently catalyzes aza-Michael reactions of N-nucleophiles, such as amines and imidazoles with α,β-unsaturated compounds to produce the corresponding β-amino compounds and N-substituted imidazoles in excellent yields. The recovered catalyst can be used for several cycles with consistent activity.
K. R. Reddy, N. S. Kumar, Synlett, 2006, 2246-2250.


CeCl3 • 7H2O/NaI supported on neutral alumina (Al2O3)  promotes heteroatom Michael additions under solvent-free conditions. The CeCl3 • 7H2O/NaI/Al2O3 system works well for hetero-Michael additions of weak nucleophiles such as imidazoles and carbamates to various acceptors.
G. Bartoli, M. Bartolacci, A. Giuliani, E. Marcantoni, M. Massaccesi, E. Torregiani, J. Org. Chem., 2005, 70, 169-174.


G. Bartoli, M. Bartolacci, A. Giuliani, E. Marcantoni, M. Massaccesi, E. Torregiani, J. Org. Chem., 2005, 70, 169-174.


A versatile RuCl3-catalyzed 1,4-conjugate addition of primary, secondary and aromatic amines, thiols, and carbamates to α,β-unsaturated compounds in poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) provides the desired β-substituted carbonyls in high yields. RuCl3-PEG offers low sensitivity toward moisture and oxygen, high tolerance of different functional groups, and efficient recyclability.
H. Zhang, Y. Zhang, L. Liu, H. Xu, Y. Wang, Synthesis, 2005, 2129-2136.


The regio- and stereoselective aminochlorination of α,β-unsaturated ketones with N,N-dichloro-p-toluenesulfonamide (4-TsNCl2) and CuOTf as catalyst provides an easy access to vicinal haloamino ketones, with excellent regioselectivity and good yields. Aromatic and aliphatic enones give opposite regioselectivity.
D. Chen, C. Timmons, S. Chao, G. Li, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2004, 3097-3101.