J. Szymoniak et al., REGIOSELECTIVE CONVERSION OF 1,3-DIENES INTO BETA,GAMMA-UNSATURATED ESTERS VIA CARBOALKOXYLATION OF ETA(3)-ALLYLTITANOCENE COMPLEXES, Synlett, (1), 1996, pp. 46
eta(3)-Allyltitanium(III) complexes formed in situ from 1,3-dienes und
ergo regiospecific addition with methyl chloroformate. The overall tra
nsformation constitutes a general one-pot procedure for the conversion
of 1,3-dienes into beta,gamma-usaturated esters.