Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan
Abstract:
Without prior activation of allyl alcohols, allylation of a variety of active methylene compounds with allyl alcohols proceeds smoothly at rt-50°C in the presence of catalytic amounts of Pd(OAc)2 (1-10 mol%), Et3B (30-240 mol%), a phosphine ligand (1-20 mol%), and a base (0 to 50-60 mol%).