In recent years, palladium(aryl)(amido) complexes have been shown to serve as key intermediates in the synthesis of aniline derivatives.[1] Although the propensity of these intermediates to undergo CÀN bond-forming reductive elimination has been well established, [1] small molecule (alkene) insertion reactions of these complexes have been largely unexplored and have not been exploited in catalytic processes. [2] In fact, only a single example of the stoichiometric insertion of an activated alkyne into an isolated [Pd(Ar)(NR 2 )] complex has been reported, [2b] and insertions of alkenes have not been demonstrated. Herein we describe a new, stereoselective, palladium-catalyzed synthesis of pyrrolidines from g-(Narylamino) alkenes and aryl bromides, and present mechanistic evidence that suggests the transformation proceeds by a chemoselective intramolecular insertion of an unactivated alkene into the PdÀN bond of an intermediate [Pd(Ar)(NRR')] complex.[3] This reaction allows convergent access to substituted pyrrolidines, which are found in a variety of natural products.[4] In contrast to most methods available for the synthesis of substituted pyrrolidines, [5] this reaction effects intramolecular CÀN bond formation with concomitant intermolecular formation of a C1'ÀC bond. [6] In preliminary studies we employed g-aminoalkene substrates with N-aryl substituents because of their ease of preparation and handling. After optimization of the reaction conditions we found that the reaction of N-phenyl-4-pentenylamine (1 a) with 2-bromonaphthalene in the presence of NaOtBu and a catalytic amount of [Pd 2 (dba) 3 ]/dppb (1 mol %; dppb = 1,4-bis(diphenylphosphanyl)butane) at 60 8C in toluene afforded the desired N-aryl 2-(b-naphthylmethyl)pyrrolidine 2 a and regioisomeric product 3 a in 94 % yield and a 25:1 ratio [Eq. (1)].As shown in Table 1, the reactions of electron-rich, electron-neutral, and electron-deficient N-aryl amine derivatives with a variety of aryl bromide coupling partners proceeded in good yield. A number of functional groups are