Palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction of allyl acetates with pinacol aryl- and vinylboronates

Pinacol boronates 2 couple efficiently with allyl acetates 1 in the presence of a palladium catalyst prepared in Situ from PdCl2 and TFP to give the coupled products 3 in moderate to good yields under mild conditions. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.