One-pot and unsymmetrical bis-allylation of malononitrile with conjugated dienes and allylic alcohols

• Main Authors: Gao, Wenxiu, Zhang, Dong, Zhang, Xiaoyu, Cai, Xinying, Xie, Peizhong, Loh, Teck-Peng
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Science::Chemistry; Alcohols; Catalysts
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/168950
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A Pd/Ca catalytic system to promote the unsymmetrical bis-allylation of malononitrile was developed by selecting conjugated dienes and allylic alcohols as allylic reagents. This catalytic system suppressed the competitive symmetrical bis-allylation process and guaranteed the desired unsymmetrical bi...