Diastereoselective Allylation and Crotylation Reactions of Aldehydes with Potassium Allyl- and Crotyltrifluoroborates under Lewis Acid Catalysis

All articles of this category Potassium allyl- and crotyltrifluoroborates react with aldehydes in a process catalyzed by a variety of Lewis acids, to give the corresponding homoallylic alcohols. Of the Lewis acids examined, BF 3 · OEt 2 , used either stoichiometrically or catalytically, was found to most efficiently catalyze this reaction. The air and moisture stable potassium organotrifluoroborate salts react with a variety of alkyl, α- or β-substituted alkyl, and aryl aldehydes, and lead to the adducts in high yield and with high diastereoselectivity. allylations - boron - alcohols - Lewis acids - catalysis