DIASTEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF (E)-1-TRIMETHYLSILYL-3-EN-1-YNES BY PALLADIUM-CATALYZED CROSS-COUPLING REACTION BETWEEN TRIMETHYLSILYLETHYNYLZINC CHLORIDE AND STEREOISOMERIC MIXTURES OF 1-BROMO-1-ALKENES

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)85259-4

In the stereospecific palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction of trimethylsilylethynylzinc chloride, (E)-1-bromo-1-alkenes react preferentially in the presence of the corresponding (Z)-stereoisomers.