Palladium (II)-catalyzed asymmetric coupling of allylic alcohols and vinyl ethers: insight into the palladium and copper bimetallic catalyst

Y Kawamura, Y Kawano, T Matsuda…

Index: Kawamura, Yasufumi; Kawano, Yasuhiro; Matsuda, Tomohiro; Ishitobi, Yuta; Hosokawa, Takahiro Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2009 , vol. 74, # 8 p. 3048 - 3053

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Abstract

The use of PdX2, CuX2 (X= OAc, OCOCF3, or Cl), and catechol together with (S, S)-4, 4′- bisbenzyl-2, 2′-bioxazoline under O2 induces the asymmetric coupling of cinnamyl alcohols and vinyl ethers to give (R)-(+)-2-alkoxy-4-benzylidenetetrahydrofurans in 40− 53 ...