Palladium-catalyzed allylic acetoxylation: an exploratory study of the influence of added acids

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(89)85192-7

In order to investigate the possibility of improving the selectivity in palladium-catalyzed acetoxylation of substituted cycloalkenes and linear alkenes, the influence of added strong acids has been studied.It was found that the product selectivity can be increased in some cases, but also that side reactions lower the total yields when trifluoroacetic or stronger acids are used.The improvement of the selectivity may possibly be due to a change in mechanism for the acetoxylation.