Copper-Catalyzed Intermolecular Hydroamination of Alkenes

Regioselective additions of arylsulfonamides to vinylarenes, norbornene, and cyclohexadiene were achieved using a copper?diphosphine catayst under mild reaction conditions. These processes appear to be ligand-accelerated.

I may just merge this with the other request as to lump up all the references of this sort into the same area.
But seen here it does appear that copper may prove it self useful in aminating terminal Pi bonds. The reagents may look a little overwhelming but it does not mean it can't be performed under more accessible conditions. Im looking into this because of coppers ability to form complexes with amines and want to see what use it can be put to.

Thank you much Enkidu. It would be nice to find away around huge amounts of mercury for hydroamination reactions.

Sorry I don't have your reference but by any chance have you tryed adding some Ethanol to the black Mn(IV)sulfate slug . If its acetaldahyde your after you may be in for a plesent smelling suprise

Thank you very much

Recent Progress in Wacker Oxidations:  Moving toward Molecular Oxygen as the Sole Oxidant
Candace N. Cornell and Matthew S. Sigman
Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46 (6), pp 1903–1909


By chamula

Abstract
Wacker oxidations, the conversion of terminal olefins to methyl ketones with Pd(II) catalysts, have seen widespread use in synthetic applications. Standard synthetic Wacker conditions use catalytic PdCl2 with stoichiometric CuCl under an aerobic atmosphere in a mixed-solvent system of N,N-dimethylformamide and H2O. Though much attention has been directed toward elucidating the rate-determining step and the mechanism of nucleopalladation, the assumption that Cu does not participate in this portion of the catalytic cycle has recently been called into question based on an isolated Pd/Cu bimetallic species and the influence of Cu on product selectivity. Fortunately, recent advancements have been made toward the elimination of Cu additives, thereby alleviating these issues. Success in this area has come from the application of information gained in studying other direct-O2-coupled Pd(II) oxidation systems, including ligand modulation, something which could not be achieved in the presence of Cu. The developments in peroxide-mediated and direct-O2-coupled Wacker oxidations are highlighted herein.

The First Conversion of Primary Alkyl Halides to Nitroalkanes under Aqueous Medium
Roberto Ballini,* Luciano Barboni, and Guido Giarlo
J. Org. Chem. 2004, 69 (20), pp 6907–6908


By chamula


Abstract
Primary nitroalkanes and ?,?-dinitroalkanes can be easily obtained in aqueous medium by reaction of the corresponding halo derivatives with silver nitrite. The procedure works well with both alkyl bomide and alkyl iodide and proceeds in satisfactory to good yields even in the presence of other functionalities, minimizing the formation of the undesired alkyl nitrites.

that's a sulfonamide i don't see the analogy since it has different electronic properties.
a more apt term for this rxn would be hydroamidation.