Chemical Communications 2003-10-07

Palladium-catalyzed allylic alkenylation of allylic alcohols with n-butyl acrylate.

Naofumi Tsukada, Tetsuo Sato, Yoshio Inoue

Index: Chem. Commun. (Camb.) (19) , 2404-5, (2003)

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Abstract

Various allylic alcohols reacted with n-butyl acrylate in the presence of p-toluenesulfonic anhydride and palladium catalysts to yield the corresponding n-butyl 2,5-dienoates with high regioselectivity.