CHEMISTRY LETTERS, pp. 879-882, 1991. 1991 The Chemical Society of Japan Diastereoselective Allylation of w-Hydroxy Carbonyl Compounds by Allylic Alcohols with Pd-SnCl2 Jun P. TAKAHARA, Yoshiro MASUYAMA,* and Yasuhiko KURUSU Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Sophia University, 7-1 Kioicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102 Allylation of ш-hydroxy carbonyl compounds by allylic alcohols with Pd-SnCl? proceeded smoothly ...