Palladium–diphosphine complexes as catalysts for allylations with allyl alcohol

JA van Rijn, A den Dunnen, E Bouwman…

Index: Van Rijn, Jimmy A.; Dunnen, Angela Den; Bouwman, Elisabeth; Drent, Eite Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 2010 , vol. 329, # 1-2 p. 96 - 102

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Abstract

Several palladium complexes with bidentate phosphine ligands were tested for their activity in the O-allylation of phenols with allyl alcohol. The use of C3-bridged bidentate phosphine ligands results in very high selectivity for O-allylation. The reactions do not require stoichiometric amounts of additives to control the chemoselectivity. Especially, catalysts with gem-dialkyl substituted C3-bridged bidentate phosphine ligands perform very well, ...