Palladium(II)/Lewis acid synergistically catalyzed allylic C-H olefination

Org Lett. 2014 Jun 20;16(12):3332-5. doi: 10.1021/ol501356z. Epub 2014 Jun 12.

Abstract

The first allylic C-H olefination with α-diazo esters synergistically catalyzed by a palladium(II) complex and (salen)CrCl has been established to directly generate conjugated polyene derivatives in moderate to high yields and with excellent stereoselectivities.