Tohasib Yusub Chaudhari, Asik Hossian, Manash Kumar Manna and Ranjan Jana
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2015,13, 4841-4845
DOI:
10.1039/C5OB00235D,
Communication
Heck arylation with allylic alcohol is extremely challenging due to chemo-, regio-, and stereoselective scrambling. Here we report a mild protocol for the alcohol selective β- and α-arylation of allylic and cinnamyl alcohols respectively with aryldiazonium salts. The steric and electronic parameters of the alkene play a prominent role in the regioselectivity.