Chemistry Letters, Vol.37, No.6, 640-641, 2008
Mechanical stirring speed in water/hexane biphasic catalyst controls regioselectivity of Pd-catalyzed allylation reaction
Vigorous mechanical mixing of the water/hexane biphasic Pd-catalyzed allylation of benzenethiol gave sterically congested allyl sulfides, due to high reactivity of the enforced orientation of the eta(1)-allylpalladium intermediate at the solvent interface.