Boronic Acid Catalyzed Friedel− Crafts Reactions of Allylic Alcohols with Electron-Rich Arenes and Heteroarenes.

JA McCubbin, H Hosseini…

Index: McCubbin, J. Adam; Hosseini, Hamidreza; Krokhin, Oleg V. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2010 , vol. 75, # 3 p. 959 - 962

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Abstract

Pentafluorophenylboronic acid catalyzes the regioselective coupling of structurally diverse allylic alcohols with a variety of electron-rich aromatic and heteroaromatic substrates under ambient conditions. The commercially available catalyst is recoverable and air and moisture stable, and the reaction produces water as the only byproduct.