In summary, the palladium-catalyzed conversion of allylacetates with a 2-alkyl group on the vinyl moiety provides a general, high-yield route for selective syntheses of E isomers of 1,3-disubstituted dienes. The reaction conditions are mild and compat...
In summary, the palladium-catalyzed conversion of allylacetates with a 2-alkyl group on the vinyl moiety provides a general, high-yield route for selective syntheses of E isomers of 1,3-disubstituted dienes. The reaction conditions are mild and compatible with a variety of functional groups elsewhere in the molecule. Currently, we are ap-plying these results to other synthetic work, which will be reported shortly.