Bismuth(III) chloride-catalyzed direct deoxygenative allylation of substituted benzylic alcohols with allyltrimethylsilane

A highly-effective protocol for allylation of sec-benzyl alcohols with allyltrimethylsilane in the presence of a catalytic amount of bismuth(III) chloride has been developed. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.