Highly efficient and regioselective allylation with allylic alcohols catalyzed by [Mo(3)S(4)Pd(eta(3)-allyl)] clusters.
A highly efficient and regioselective allylation reaction of amines and active methylene compounds directly using allylic alcohols under mild conditions catalyzed by the novel cubane-type sulfido [(Cp*Mo)(3)(mu(3)-S)(4)Pd(eta(3)-allyl)][PF(6)](2) clusters has been developed. A variety of allylic alcohols and nucleophiles including amines and active methylene compounds are investigated, and in the case of allylic alcohols bearing substituents at either the alpha- or gamma-position only linear products are obtained.
Tao
Yinsong
Y
State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116012, People's Republic of China.
Wang
Bo
B
Wang
Baomin
B
Qu
Lihong
L
Qu
Jingping
J