A general and efficient method for the palladium-catalysed conversion of allylic alcohols into their corresponding dienes†
Abstract
A general method was established, converting a broad range of allylic alcohols directly and quantitatively into their corresponding dienes. The developed protocol allows the direct use of allylic alcohols, circumventing the need for their derivatisation into more reactive precursors, thereby minimising waste production with water as the sole co-product.