Palladium-catalyzed stereospecific cross-coupling of enantioenriched allylic alcohols with boronic acids†
Abstract
In the presence of 2.5 mol% Pd2(dba)3–TMEDA (1 : 4), a range of enantioenriched allylic alcohols smoothly coupled with boronic acids in a highly regioselective fashion with inversion of configuration to afford structurally diverse alkenes in good yields with perfect retention of ee.