Asymmetric Allylic Alkylation of 1,3-Disubstituted 2-Propenyl Acetetes Catalyzed by a Chiral Ferrocenylphosphine-Palladium Complex

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1987.177

Reaction of racemic 2-propenyl acetates substituted with two different aryl groups at 1 and 3 positions with sodium acetylacetonate in the presence of a palladium catalyst containing an optically active ferrophosphine ligand gave regioisomeric allylic alkylation products of high optical purity (up to 95 percent ee).