This review presents thermodynamics and kinetics aspects of the hydroamination reaction, recent advancements on this field for non-activated alkenes, alkynes and allenes, employing transition metal catalysis or organocatalysis, including activation by hydrogen bonding or Brønsted acids. Selected syntheses that contain a strategic hydroamination step will be discussed, and advancements on the asymmetric version will also be highlighted. The full coverage of scientific activity about hydroamination is beyond this review, therefore the examples presented are from the last ten years, except when there are historical reasons for the discussion of previous works.
