The reactiono fa lkynyl carboxylic acids, glyoxylic acid derivatives, and amines in the presence of ac opper catalyst afforded the corresponding propargyl amines in good yields. The alkynyl carboxylic acid of this coupling reaction shows similarr eactivity to that of at erminal alkyne, and the reactivityo ft he glyoxylic acid is almost identicalt ot hat of an aldehyde. When 2-aminopyridine was employed as the amine source, imidazopyridine derivatives weref ormedi n good yields.Scheme1.Different approaches to the synthesis of propargyl amines.[a] J.Supporting information and the ORCID identification number(s) for the author(s) of this article can be found under http://dx.