Y. Matano et al., ELECTROPHILIC ALLYLATION OF ARENES WITH IN-SITU GENERATED ALLYLTRIARYLBISMUTHONIUM COMPOUND - THE BISMUTH-MEDIATED POLARITY INVERSION OF ALLYLSILANES, Tetrahedron letters, 36(41), 1995, pp. 7475-7478
Reaction of triarylbismuth difluorides 1 with allyltrimethylsilane 2 i
n CH2Cl2 in the presence of BF3 . OEt(2) at low temperature generates
allyltriarylbismuthonium compound 3 as a pale yellow solution, in whic
h aromatic hydrocarbons and ethers, triphenylphosphine, dimethyl sulfi
de, p-toluenesulfinate, and thiophenol are all readily allylated to af
ford the corresponding allyl derivatives in moderate to good yields.