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  • Rh-catalyzed reductive coupling reaction of aldehydes with conjugated dienes promoted by triethylborane.

Rh-catalyzed reductive coupling reaction of aldehydes with conjugated dienes promoted by triethylborane.

Organic letters (2009-08-12)
Masanari Kimura, Daisuke Nojiri, Masahiro Fukushima, Shuichi Oi, Yusuke Sonoda, Yoshio Inoue
ABSTRACT

Rh(I) catalyzes the reductive coupling reaction of a wide variety of aldehydes with conjugated dienes in the presence of a stoichiometric amount of triethylborane to provide homoallyl alcohols in a single operation.

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Triethylborane solution, 1.0 M in hexanes