Treatment of phenol derivatives with terminal alkenes in the presence of a catalytic amount of a rhenium complex, Re(2)(CO)(10), gave monoalkylated phenol derivatives in good to excellent yields. This reaction proceeds at the ortho- or para-position of phenols regioselectively.
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