Organic Letters 2012-01-06

Pd-catalyzed olefination of perfluoroarenes with allyl esters.

Zejiang Li, Yuexia Zhang, Zhong-Quan Liu

Index: Org. Lett. 14(1) , 74-7, (2012)

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Abstract

An efficient Pd(II)-catalyzed direct olefination of perfluoroarenes with allyl esters is demonstrated. Under the typical conditions, the coupling reaction of fluorinated-arenes with allylic esters proceeded via a β-H elimination rather than a β-OAc elimination to give the corresponding γ-substituted allylic esters.© 2011 American Chemical Society