Morpholine ketene aminal is employed in iridiumcatalyzedasymmetric allylic alkylation reactions as asurrogate for amide enolates to prepare g,d-unsaturated b-substituted morpholine amides.Kinetic resolution or,alternatively,stereospecific substitution affords the corresponding products in high enantiomeric excess.T he utility of the products generated by this method has been showcased by their further elaboration into amines,k etones,o ra cyl silanes.Ap utative catalytic intermediate (h 3 -allyl)iridium(III) with achiral P, Olefin-ligand was synthetized and characterized for the first time.Supportinginformation and the ORCID identification number(s) for the author(s) of this article can be found under: https://doi.