Organic Letters 2010-01-01

Pd-catalyzed synthesis of allylic silanes from allylic ethers.

Ralph Moser, Takashi Nishikata, Bruce H Lipshutz

Index: Org. Lett. 12(1) , 28-31, (2010)

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Abstract

Allylic phenyl ethers serve as electrophiles toward Pd(0) en route to a variety of allylic silanes. The reactions can be run at room temperature in water as the only medium using micellar catalysis.