An efficient procedure for palladium-catalyzed reduction of aryl/enol triflates

Article abstract of DOI:10.1055/s-1995-4120

An efficient procedure to deoxygenate phenols and enols via trifluoromethanesulfonates is presented. Their reduction with triethylsilane in the presence of a catalytic amount of palladium acetate and bidentate phosphine ligands such as 1,3-bis(diphenylphosphino)propane or 1,1'-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene proceeds efficiently to afford a variety of aromatic, heteroaromatic, and olefinic compounds.