Palladium-Catalyzed Regio- and Stereoselective Reduction of Allylic Compounds with LiHBEt3. Application to the Synthesis of Co-enzyme Q10

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1986.1177

Regio- and stereoselective desulfonylation of allylic sulfones with LiHBEt3 in the presence of a catalytic amount of was succesfully applied to the synthesis of co-enzyme Q10.It was found that this reduction system was applicable to a wide variety of allylic functional groups.