A. Takuwa et al., ALPHA-REGIOSELECTIVE AND STEREOSPECIFIC ADDITION OF ALLYLIC TINS TO ALDEHYDES VIA PHOTOINDUCED ELECTRON-TRANSFER, Tetrahedron letters, 34(21), 1993, pp. 3457-3460
(E)- and (Z)-Allylic tributyltins add to aromatic aldehydes to afford
regioreversed alpha-adduct predominantly with almost complete retentio
n of the stereochemistry of the allylic groups under photochemical con
ditions. The photoinduced single electron transfer mechanism is propos
ed.