Journal of Organometallic Chemistry

Mercury in organic chemistry: XVI. Synthesis of 1, 4-dienes via allylation of vinylmercurials

RC Larock, JC Bernhardt, RJ Driggs

Index: Larock,R.C. et al. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 1978 , vol. 156, p. 45 - 54

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Citation Number: 27

Abstract

Abstract Vinylmercurials react readily with allylic halides, lithium chloride and palladium chloride in tetrahydrofuran to give 1, 4-dienes. Some reactions proceed well using only catalytic amounts of palladium chloride while others require stoichiometric amounts. The yields decrease with increasing substitution about the carbon carbon double bond of the allylic halide. The reactions appear to proceed through the addition of vinylpalldium ...