title: Microwave-enhanced palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions of potassium vinyltrifluoroborates and allyl acetates: a new route to 1,4-pentadienes.
abstract: [reaction: see text] A novel and straightforward microwave synthesis of 1,4-pentadienes has been developed involving the cross-coupling of potassium vinyltrifluoroborates and allyl acetates in the presence of a palladium catalyst.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 37996-1600, USA. kabalka@utk.edu
authors.forename: George W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Kabalka
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Al-Masum