A. Majee et al., ZINC MEDIATED ALLYLATION OF ALDEHYDES AND KETONES USING ALLYL BROMIDES AND COMMERCIAL ZINC DUST - THE ISSUE OF REGIOSELECTIVITY AND STEREOSELECTIVITY, Indian journal of chemistry. Sect. B: organic chemistry, including medical chemistry, 37(8), 1998, pp. 731-736
An efficient procedure for the preparation of homoallylic alcohols has
been achieved by a simple reaction of an aldehyde or a ketone with al
lyl bromide and commercial zinc dust in tetrahydrofuran. Excellent reg
ioselectivity has been observed in the reaction of substituted allyl b
romides.