title: Rhenium-catalyzed 1,3-isomerization of allylic alcohols: scope and chirality transfer.
abstract: The scope of the triphenylsilyl perrhennate (O3ReOSiPh3, 1) catalyzed 1,3-isomerization of allylic alcohols has been thoroughly explored. It was found to be effective for a wide variety of secondary and tertiary allylic alcohol substrates bearing aryl, alkyl, and cyano substituents. Two general reaction types were found which gave high levels of product selectivity: those driven by formation of an extended conjugated system and those driven by selective silylation of a particular isomer. The efficiency of chirality transfer with various substrates was investigated, and conditions were found in which secondary and tertiary allylic alcohols could be formed with high levels of enantioselectivity. Consideration of selectivity trends with respect to the nature of the substituents around the allylic system revealed that this is a reliable and predictable method for allylic alcohol synthesis.
authors.affiliation: Arnold and Mabel Beckman Laboratories of Chemical Synthesis, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.
authors.forename: Christie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Morrill
authors.forename: Gregory L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Beutner
authors.forename: Robert H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Grubbs
mesh_terms: D000438:Alcohols / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D012211:Rhenium / Q000737:chemistry*; D012821:Silanes / Q000737:chemistry; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D000438:Alcohols; D012821:Silanes; D012211:Rhenium