Palladium-catalyzed allylic alkylation of active methylene compounds such as β-ketoesters and malonates (the Tsuji-Trost reaction) is a reliable and widely used method for CC bond formation. 1 However, the R-allylic alkylation of nonstabilized ketones and aldehydes remains to be developed. The alkylation reported so far requires both reaction partners to be preactivated: allyl alcohols as their esters and halides and ketones and aldehydes as their ...