J. Thibonnet et al., AN EFFICIENT SYNTHESIS OF CONJUGATED TRIENOIC ACIDS VIA STILLE CROSS-COUPLING REACTION OF (E)-1,2-BIS(TRIBUTYLSTANNYL)ETHYLENE, Synlett, (7), 1997, pp. 771
Stereoselective construction of conjugated trienoic acids was achieved
through two successive Stille reactions, coupling as the first step (
E)-1,2-bis(tributylstannyl)ethylene and tributylstannyl-3-iodoalk-2-en
oates. The second step can be conducted by two different routes: 1) cr
oss-coupling of the stannyldienoic acid reagents 2 and vinyliodides or
2) cross-coupling of vinyltin reagents and tributylstannyl 5-iodopent
a-2,4-dienoates generated by iododestannylation of stannyldienes 2.