Nagender Punna, Kyosuke Harada and Norio Shibata
Chem. Commun., 2018,54, 7171-7174
DOI:
10.1039/C8CC03541E,
Communication
A Stille cross-coupling reaction was developed that delivers for the first time trifluoromethyl-substituted homoallyl compounds from α-(trifluoromethyl)benzyl chlorides and allylstannanes. This reaction proceeds even with low catalyst loadings (1 mol%) via a rare CF3–Pd–π-benzyl intermediate.