Synthesis of chiral homoallylic alcohols from aldehydes and diallyltin dibromide in the presence of monosodium-(+)-diethyl tartrate

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(88)83061-4

The reaction of diallyltin dibromide, readily prepared from allyl bromide and tin powder, with aldehydes in the presence of monosodium-(+)-diethyl tartrate affords the corresponding homoallylic alcohols in good yields with enantiomeric excesses in the ran