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Dying to be Dienes: Substituted 1,3-dienes were synthesized by the title reaction (see scheme; Tf=trifluoromethanesulfonyl). Preliminary studies support a mechanistically distinct pathway that involves an initial β-hydride elimination from a cationic vinyl palladium(II) intermediate, a subsequent regiospecific hydropalladation of the corresponding allene intermediate, and a final β-hydride elimination.
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