Sk. Kang et al., SYNTHESIS OF (Z)-HOMOALLYLIC ALCOHOLS AND HOMOPROP-2-YNYLIC ALCOHOLS VIA PALLADIUM-CATALYZED HYDROGENOLYSIS OF PROP-2-YNYLIC CYCLIC CARBONATES, Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin transactions. I, (3), 1994, pp. 237-238
The decarboxylation-hydrogenolysis of prop-2-ynylic cyclic carbonates
which have an internal acetylenic bond with ammonium formate in the pr
esence of a catalytic amount of [Pd(acac)(2)l and Bu(3)(n)P afforded (
Z)-homoallylic alcohols or homoprop-2-ynylic alcohols depending on the
reaction conditions, however, hydrogenolysis of terminal prop-2-ynyli
c cyclic carbonates gave homoallylic alcohols; using (Z)-homoallylic a
lcohol 2b ass chiral synthon, the male sex pheromone of the pyralid mo
th Aphomia gularis has been synthesized.