Cyclopropylmethyl palladium species from carbene migratory insertion: new routes to 1,3-butadienes.

Cyclopropylmethyl palladium species can be accessed by Pd-catalyzed reaction of either cyclopropyl N-tosylhydrazone with halide or N-tosylhydrazone with cyclopropyl halide. In both approaches migratory insertion of Pd carbene is the key process. These transformations constitute new approaches toward 1,3-butadiene derivatives.