AN EFFICIENT METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF HOMOALLYLIC ALCOHOL DERIVATIVES BY THE REACTION OF ALLYL IODIDE WITH CARBONYL COMPOUNDS IN THE PRESENCE OF STANNOUS HALIDE

Abstract
Allyl iodide reacts in situ under mild conditions with stannous halide to form allyltin dihaloiodide, which in turn reacts with carbonyl compounds in an aprotic solvent to give the corresponding homoallylic alcohol derivatives in good yields.