The palladium-catalyzed coupling reaction of allenes, vinyl or aryl halides and stabilized carbanions is described: π-allyl palladium complexes are formed by addition of a vinyl or an aryl-palladium complex to an allenic hydrocarbon and trapped by the sodium enolate of diethyl malonate giving rise with good yields to β-butadienyl or β-styryl malonates. With monoalkyi allenes, the reaction is regiospecific with attack of the nucleophile on the ...
