REACTIONS OF ALLYLIC CARBONATES CATALYZED BY PALLADIUM, RHODIUM, RUTHENIUM, MOLYBDENUM, AND NICKEL COMPLEXES; ALLYLATION OF CARBONUCLEOPHILES AND DECARBOXYLATION-DEHYRDOGENATION

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(85)80354-5

Allylation of carbonucleophiles with allylic carbonates catalyzed by various transition metal complexes has been studied.Palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, nickel, and molybdenum complexes were found to be active catalysts.The rhodium catalyst showed a different regioselectivity from the other catalysts, the reaction can proceed without allylic rearrangement.In the absence of nucleophiles, allyl alkyl carbonates were converted into ketones by decarboxylation-dehydrogenation; the ruthenium catalyst was the most active in this reaction.