Organic letters

Samarium-promoted coupling of pyridine-based heteroaryl analogues of benzylic acetates with carbonyl compounds

JA Weitgenant, JD Mortison, P Helquist

Index: Weitgenant, Jeremy A.; Mortison, Jonathan D.; Helquist, Paul Organic Letters, 2005 , vol. 7, # 17 p. 3609 - 3612

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Abstract

Simple one-step, metal-promoted coupling reactions represent a diverse set of synthetic methods for the construction of numerous classes of compounds. Among the many types of substrates that participate in these reactions are allylic esters. 1 Allylic acetates are especially commonly employed, due in large part to their facile, low-cost preparation. The participation of allylic acetates in coupling reactions is unique compared to ordinary alkyl acetates which show quite ...