PALLADIUM-CATALYZED PREPARATION OF α-ALLYL ESTERS AND α,β-UNSATURATED ESTERS FROM SATURATED ESTERS VIA THEIR KETENE SILYL ACETALS

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(01)81518-5

Reaction of ketene silyl acetals with allylic carbonates in the presence of palladium-phosphine catalyst in dioxane gives α-allyl esters in high yields.When the reaction is carried out with phosphine-free palladium catalyst in nitriles, α,β-unsaturated esters are obtained in good yields.