Enantioselective telomerization of butadiene with formaldehyde yielding divinyltetrahydropyrans
Abstract
The enantioselective telomerization of butadiene with formaldehyde, catalysed by Pd(OAc)2 plus bidentate phosphine ligands, yielding 2,5-divinyltetrahydropyran in optical purity up to 36% is described; a fused-silica capillary with a chiral stationary phase of cyclodextrin has been prepared and successfully applied in product analysis for the first time.