Allylation of Carbonyl Compounds by Allylic Acetates Using a Cobalt Halide as Catalyst
Paulo Gomes, Corinne Gosmini*, Jacques Périchon
*Laboratoire d'Electrochimie, Catalyse et Synthèse Organique, UMR 7582,
Université Paris 12 - C.N.R.S 2, Rue Henri Dunant, 94320 Thiais, France, Email:
gosmini
glvt-cnrs.fr
P. Gomes, C. Gosmini, J. Périchon, Synthesis, 2003, 1909-1915.
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-40999
Abstract
In acetonitrile as solvent and in the presence of a simple cobalt halide as catalyst, the reduction by zinc dust of a mixture of aldehydes or ketones and allylic acetates affords the corresponding homoallylic alcohols in good yields.
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Key Words
allylation, homo-allylic alcohols, carbonyl compounds, cobalt halide, catalyst, zinc
ID: J66-Y2003-1940
