Palladium-catalyzed allylic alkenylation of allylic alcohols with n-butyl acrylate.
Various allylic alcohols reacted with n-butyl acrylate in the presence of p-toluenesulfonic anhydride and palladium catalysts to yield the corresponding n-butyl 2,5-dienoates with high regioselectivity.
Tsukada
Naofumi
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Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8579, Japan. tsukada@aporg.che.tohoku.ac.jp
Sato
Tetsuo
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Inoue
Yoshio
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