Bc. Ranu et al., FACILE AND EFFICIENT SYNTHESIS OF HOMOALLYLIC ALCOHOLS USING ALLYL BROMIDE AND COMMERCIAL ZINC DUST, Tetrahedron letters, 36(27), 1995, pp. 4885-4888
An efficient procedure for the preparation of homoallylic alcohols has
been achieved by a simple reaction of an aldehyde or a ketone with al
lyl bromide and commercial zinc dust in tetrahydrofuran.