Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.133, No.36, 14180-14183, 2011
Chemo- and Regioselectivity-Tunable Pd-Catalyzed Allylic Alkylation of Imines
alpha-Carbanions of cyclic and acyclic imines have been successfully applied as nucleophiles in the Pd-catalyzed allylic alkylation reaction. Tuning of chemo- and regioselectivity has been realized by using t-BuOK/THF and LDA/toluene to give branched and linear products, respectively, with high regio- and diastereoselectivities. A plausible mechanism is proposed on the basis of the experimental results and DFT calculations.