Stereospecificity in the silicon tethered alpha-(methyl)allylation of aldehydes.
Heating E- and Z-crotyl(diphenyl)silyloxy aldehydes, in the absence of an added catalyst, results in stereospecific intramolecular allyl transfer with moderate to high stereoselectivity.
Robertson
Jeremy
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Dyson Perrins Laboratory, South Parks Road, Oxford, UK OX1 3QY.
Hall
Michael J
MJ
Green
Stuart P
SP