Department of Chemistry, University at Albany, State University of New York, 1400 Washington Ave., Albany, NY 12222, USA
Abstract:
Metal-mediated allylations of difluoroacetyltriakylsilanes with various allyl bromides in aqueous media form homoallylic alcohols exclusively. The common Brook rearrangement, carbon to oxygen-silyl migration, is totally suppressed with no detectable formation of silyl enol ether. Influence of solvents on reaction is studied. Reactivity differences between indium and zinc are also described.