A SeCSe-Pd(II) pincer complex as highly efficient catalyst for nucleophilic allylation of aldehydes with allyltributyltin

ORGN 191

Matthew Sheets, msheets@niu.edu and Qingwei Yao. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University, The Michael Faraday Laboratories, DeKalb, IL 60115
An air and moisture stable SeCSe-Pd(II) pincer complex was synthesized and found to be an excellent catalyst for the nucleophilic allylation of aldehydes with allyltributyltin. The allylation of a variety of aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes to give the corresponding homoallyl alcohols proceeded smoothly at ambient or slightly elevated temperatures in good to excellent yields in the presence of only 0.005 to 1 mol % of the Pd catalyst.

 

Asymmetric Reactions and Syntheses, Metal-Mediated Reactions, Combinatorial, Parallel, and Solid-Phase Chemistry
8:00 PM-10:00 PM, Sunday, 10 September 2006 Moscone Center -- Hall D, Poster

Division of Organic Chemistry

The 232nd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September 10-14, 2006