Indium mediated allylation of CN compounds in aqueous media

Allylindium adds to a variety of tosyl and aryl hydrazones derived from aromatic aldehydes and ketones at ambient temperature in a DMF–H2O solvent system to afford homoallylic tosyl hydrazides and homoallylic hydrazines, respectively. Homoallylic hydroxylamines were isolated via addition of allylindium to aldonitrones.