6-Aryl-4-trifluoromethyl-2(1H)-pyridones (1) yielded O-allylated produ
cts (3) exclusively on allylation. The inaccessible N-allylated produc
t (4) were synthesised in good yields from the O-allylated products by
utilising Pd(II) catalysed [3,3] sigmatropic rearrangement. Copyright
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