Reverse of regioselectivity in intramolecular nucleophilic substitution of pi-allyl palladium species. Highly selective formation of vinylic cyclopropanes via the Pd(0)-catalyzed coupling-cyclization reaction of organic iodides with 2-(2', 3'-Dienyl)malonates
Vinylic cyclopropanes were formed highly selectively via the Pd(PPh(3))(4)-catalyzed insertion-intramolecular nucleophilic substitution reaction of aryl or 1-alkenyl iodides with 2-(2', 3'-dienyl)malonates. The regioselectivity observed here is different from what was reported by Cazes et al.
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Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 354 Fenglin Lu, Shanghai 200032, P. R. China.
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