ALLYLIC SULFONES AS ALLYL ANION EQUIVALENTS - HOMOALLYLIC ALCOHOLS FROM METAL-CATALYZED REACTIONS OF SULFONES WITH ALDEHYDES AND KETONES

Authors
Citation
J. Clayden et M. Julia, ALLYLIC SULFONES AS ALLYL ANION EQUIVALENTS - HOMOALLYLIC ALCOHOLS FROM METAL-CATALYZED REACTIONS OF SULFONES WITH ALDEHYDES AND KETONES, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (16), 1994, pp. 1905-1906
Citations number
40
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
ISSN journal
00224936
Issue
16
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1905 - 1906
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-4936(1994):16<1905:ASAAAE>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Reduction of allylic sulfones with diethylzinc, catalysed by palladium (0), gives nucleophilic organometallic species, which react in situ wi th carbonyl compounds to give homoallylic alcohols in high yield.