Enantioselective intramolecular decarboxylative allylation of β-keto esters catalyzed by a palladium bis(phosphine)-thiourea complex is reported. This procedure is not only effective for β-keto esters, but also effective for β-keto amides.… Click to show full abstract
Enantioselective intramolecular decarboxylative allylation of β-keto esters catalyzed by a palladium bis(phosphine)-thiourea complex is reported. This procedure is not only effective for β-keto esters, but also effective for β-keto amides. An intermolecular variant of the asymmetric decarboxylative allylation is also established. DFT calculations indicate that an outer-sphere mechanism is viable for the decarboxylative allylation of β-keto esters.
               
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