Lead-Mediated Highly Diastereoselective Allylation of Aldehydes with Cyclic Allylic Halides

Bu Qing Cheng, Shi Wen Zhao, Xuan DI Song, Xue Qiang Chu, Weidong Rao, Teck Peng Loh, Zhi Liang Shen

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5348-5356
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Organic Chemistry
Volume84
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 3 May 2019

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