Regioselective rhodium-catalyzed allylic alkylation with a modified Wilkinson's catalyst

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(98)00142-7

Treatment of the secondary and tertiary allylic carbonates 1 with the sodium salt of dimethyl malonate and a catalytic amount of Wilkinson's catalyst modified with a triorganophosphite, furnished the tertiary and quaternary carbon stereogenic centers 2 in