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SUBMITTER: Oppong-Quaicoe AA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6648291 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
ACS omega 20190329 3
A mild, one-pot procedure to produce 3-substituted allylic alcohols from α,β-unsaturated ketones is described. The addition of an organolithium nucleophile produces a tertiary allylic alcohol as an intermediate, which undergoes a 1,3-OH-migration assisted by FeCl<sub>2</sub>. The proposed mechanism indicates that a <i>syn</i>-facial migration occurs for the major product. Yields as high as 98% for the one-pot reaction are reported. ...[more]