One single catalyst, Pd(OAc)2, for two sequential very different steps: allylic alcohol oxidation–Heck reaction. Access to functionalised α,β-unsaturated ketones

Abstract

A single addition of the catalyst, Pd(OAc)₂, was realised to mediate two transformations as different as allylic alcohol oxidation under O₂ and C–C bond formation of the Heck type, to give substituted α,β-unsaturated ketones without intermediate purification.