Chemistry Letters

Palladium-Catalyzed Allylidenation of Aldehyde. A Simple and Convenient Method for the Preparation of Conjugated Diene and Polyene Compounds

N Okukado, O Uchikawa, Y Nakamura

Index: Okukado, Nobuhisa; Uchikawa, Osamu; Nakamura, Yukari Chemistry Letters, 1988 , # 8 p. 1449 - 1452

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Abstract

Allylic phenylcarbamates prepared from allylic alcohols and phenyl isocyanate in situ reacted with aldehydes to give conjugated dienes in good yields in the presence of tributylphosphine and a catalytic amount of Pd (PPh 3) 4. This method proved to be suitable for the preparation of polyene compounds such as carotenoids.