title: Evidence that the availability of an allylic hydrogen governs the regioselectivity of the Wacker oxidation.
abstract: The allylic hydrogen is found to have a dramatic effect on the regioselectivity of the Wacker oxidation, leading to the postulation that an agostic hydrogen or enyl (sigma + pi) complex helps to stabilise the key intermediate.
authors.affiliation: University of Chemical Laboratory, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, UK CB2 1EW.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Gaunt
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Spencer