The reaction of several alkenes with 0.4 mol equiv. PBr3/SiO2 in dichloromethane at room
temperature gave the alkyl bromides with Markovnikov regiospecificity in 50 - 100% yield and
short reaction time. Isoprene at - 8 oC in these conditions gave 1-bromo-3-methyl-2-butene only
(54%).

Keywords: alkenes, bromides, electrophilic addition, regiospecificity, silica

java so that article is saying fuckall about sec amines by deduction one can tweak it a little after much cursing and chemical analysis some sucess may be garnered no?

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Application of the Evans Aziridination Procedure to 2-Substituted
Acrylates and Cinnamates : An Expedient Route to
¢x-Substituted ~- and ~-Amino Acids
Philippe Dauban and Robert H. Dodd
Tetrahedron Letters 39 (1998) 5739-5742

Abstract
Reaction of the title compounds with PhI=NSO2Ar (Ar = p-tolyl or p-nitrophenyl) its the
presence of catalytic copper (H) triflate in acetonitrile gave the corresponding 2 and~or 3-substituted
aziridine-2-carboxylates in generally good yields. The latter, on reaction with nucleophiles, gave o~-
substituted or- or [J-amino acids depending on the pattern of substitution on the aziridine ring.

Note- this may be the key to open up aziridines in a well known process

US Patent 4950833 - Process for the reductive dehalogenation of polyhaloaromatics


Reduction of organic halogenated compounds using a form of birch reduction where the proton donating ammonia is produced from the reaction of elemental alkali metals on an ammonia salt in a suitable solvent. I am curious as to wether this would work on benzylic alcohols as well.

A Palladium-Catalyzed Strategy for the Preparation of Indoles:  A Novel Entry into the Fischer Indole Synthesis
Seble Wagaw, Bryant H. Yang, and Stephen L. Buchwald
J. Am. Chem. Soc.
1998, 120 (26), pp 6621–6622
DOI: 10.1021/ja981045r


Summary
In summary, we have developed a method that provides an alternative source of substrates for Fischer indolizations. Central
to this strategy was the application of a palladium-catalyzed coupling procedure to prepare N-aryl benzophenone hydrazones,
and their use as general precursors to intermediates in the classical Fischer Indole Synthesis. We are currently applying this and
related methodologies toward the preparation of N-alkyl and N-aryl indoles, pyrroles, furans, and benzofurans, as well as the
synthesis of pharmaceutical targets and indole libraries

Reductions by the Alumino- and Borohydrides in Organic Synthesis (Second Edition)
Jacqueline Seyden-Penne


Forward
Although it may be difficult to imagine now, it was not that long ago that the basic
reduction of one organic functional group to another was a demanding proposition.
Choices of reagents were very limited, and reaction conditions were harsh. Enter the
alumino- and borohydrides. Lithium aluminohydride and sodium borohydride were
introduced by Schlesinger and Brown in 1953. Lithium aluminohydride was useful
because it reduced so many things, while the milder sodium borohydride effected
certain kinds of selective reductions in organic molecules. Soon the complexity of
molecules grew, and along with this complexity came the need for more reducing
agents with different properties and selectivities. So a few new alumino- and borohydrides
were introduced. But the spiral did not stop there. The complexity of
molecules grew rapidly, reductions became more and more demanding, and even
better and more selective reducing agents were introduced in response to this demand.
The response to the need for chiral reducing agents has recently sent this
spiral to new heights.
So it would appear that synthetic organic chemists should be happy, because for a
given kind a reduction—even a very demanding one—there is probably already an
alumino- or borohydride reducing agent and a set of reaction conditions that is up to
the task. But there is still unhappiness because finding the right combination from
the maze of catalogs, papers, and experimental procedures can itself be a daunting
task.
From out of this maze springs this book. Professor Jacqueline Seyden-Penne is
an acknowledged expert in the area. The book is a major update of the First Edition,
which was published in 1991 by VCH Publishers (a translation from the popular
first French edition). It includes the important developments that have occurred in
the intervening half-dozen years (notably in the area of asymmetric reductions).
Professor Seyden-Penne first describes the features of more than two dozen of the
most powerful and commonly used alumino- and borohydrides, and then goes on to
detail in individual chapters their reactions with important classes of organic molecules.
There is a strong emphasis on selectivity at every level (chemo-, regio-,
diastereo-, and enantioselection), and experimental practicality is also directly addressed.
Synoptic tables present much information at a glance, and extensive references
(about 1000) lead the reader back to the original papers and experimental
procedures.
The book is in effect a road atlas that allows the organic chemist to maneuver
rapidly through the maze of information on reductions of organic compounds by
alumino- and borohydrides to locate the desired goal. For anyone trying to navigate
in this area, this road atlas is indispensable.

The Dakin–West reaction
G. L. Buchanan
Chem. Soc. Rev., 1988, 17, 91 - 109, DOI: 10.1039/CS9881700091