F. Bellina et al., HIGHLY REGIOSELECTIVE PALLADIUM-MEDIATED SYNTHESIS OF STEREOISOMERICALLY PURE (Z)-ALKYL AND (E)-ALKYL 2-BROMO-3-(HETERO)ARYLPROPENOATES, Tetrahedron letters, 35(37), 1994, pp. 6913-6916
Stereoisomerically pure (Z)- and (E)-alkyl 2-bromo-3-(hetero)arylprope
noates, (Z)- and (E)-2, have been efficiently and selectively prepared
by Pd(0)-mediated cross-coupling reaction between (hetero)arylzinc ha
lides, 5, and easily available (Z)- and (E)-alkyl 2,3-dibromopropenoat
es, (Z)- and (E)-4, respectively. Compounds (Z)- and (E)-2 serve as us
eful precursors to stereoisomerically pure trisubstituted (E)- and (Z)
-alpha,beta-unsaturated esters, respectively.