85.Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Rearrangement of Tertiary Allylic Alcohols to Enones with Oxygen in Aqueous Solvent
Jingjie Li , Ceheng Tan , Jianxian Gong *, and Zhen Yang *
A one-pot procedure for Pd(TFA)2-catalyzed 1,3-isomerization of tertiary allylic alcohols to secondary allylic alcohols followed by a Pd(TFA)2/neocuproine-catalyzed oxidative reaction to β-disubstituted-α,β-unsaturated kenones was developed.