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Synfacts 2008(4): 0380-0380
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1042793
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1042793
Metal-Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis and Stereoselective Reactions
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York
Ruthenium-Catalyzed Regio- and Enantioselective O-Allylation
K. Onitsuka*, H. Okuda, H. Sasai
Osaka University, Japan
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Publication History
Publication Date:
19 March 2008 (online)
Significance
A highly regio- and enantioselective O-allylation of phenols and alcohols is described using a planar-chiral cyclopentadienyl ruthenium complex. Allylation predominantly takes place at the more substituted allylic carbon, producing high branched/linear ratios.