Metal complexes in organic synthesis. VIII. Allylic alcohols as starting materials in palladium-catalyzed Wittig-type olefinizations.

M Moreno-Mañas, A Trius

Index: Moreno-Manas; Truis Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1983 , vol. 56, # 7 p. 2154 - 2158

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Abstract

Allylic alcohols, aldehydes, and triphenylphosphine participate in a one-pot process catalyzed by palladium, which is formally equivalent to the Wittig olefinization. It can be applied to both aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes. The resulting olefins which appear as mixtures of stereoisomers were fully hydrogenated. Two different mechanisms can account for the observed results.