Abstract
Lead was found to efficiently mediate the allylation reactions of carbonyl compounds with cyclic allylic halides in the presence of stoichiometric amounts of lithium chloride and a catalytic amount of GaCl3 (20 mol %), leading to the desired homoallylic alcohols in modest to high yields with excellent diastereocontrol (>99:1 syn/anti) and good functional group tolerance. In contrast, the use of either 2-pyridinecarboxaldehyde as the carbonyl substrate or (E)-cinnamyl bromide as the allylating agent produced the corresponding product with reversed diastereoselectivity (>99:1 anti/syn).
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 5348-5356 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Journal of Organic Chemistry |
Volume | 84 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 3 May 2019 |