Pd(0)-Catalyzed Amphiphilic Activation of Bis-allyl Alcohol and Ether

Abstract
Pd(0)·Et3B catalyzes amphiphilic activation of symmetric allylic diol 1 to promote electrophilic allylation at the α-position of aldehydes and nucleophilic allylation at the aldehyde CO, furnishing 3-methylenecyclopentalols 2 and thus generation of a zwitterionic trimethylenemethane species from the commercially available diol 1.

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