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New chiral rhenium complexes of allylic, homoallylic and propargylic a
lcohols have been prepared and their reactivity versus various reagent
s has been studied. Starting from the allyl alcohol complex, a multist
ep sequence involving a chemoselective oxidation, a Wittig reaction an
d a reduction led without bond-shift to conjugated dienone and dienol.
The complexed allyl acetate, prepared by reaction of acetic anhydride
on the complexed allyl alcohol reacted with sodium dimethylmalonate i
n a diastereoselective fashion. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science S.A. All rig
hts reserved.