Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, The HFRE Division, ERATO, Japan Science Technology Agency (JST), Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
Abstract:
We have developed catalytic allylation reactions of sulfonylimidates using allylic alcohols as allylating reagents. Stoichiometric amounts of neither activators nor bases are required in this reaction.