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Allylation of Carbonyl Compounds in the Presence of Catalytic Electrogenerated Zinc. Unusual Regioselectivity with a Trifluorinated Analog of Prenyl Bromide.

C Gosmini, Y Rollin, J Perichon, C Wakselman…

Index: Zylber, N.; Zylber, J.; Rollin, Y.; Dunach, E.; Perichon, J. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 1993 , vol. 444, # 1.2. p. 1 - 4

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Abstract

A mild and effective method of electrochemical zinc activation based on the cathodic reduction of a catalytic amount of ZnBr2 in acetonitrile is applied to the coupling of a trifluorinated analog of prenyl bromide with carbonyl compounds and affords unusual