Palladium catalyzed carboxylation of allylstannanes and boranes using CO2

A family of well-defined (eta(3)-allyl)Pd(L)(carboxylate) (L = PR3 or NHC) complexes are by far the most efficient catalysts reported to date for the catalytic carboxylation of allylstannanes into allylcarboxylates using CO2. The substrate scope of this reaction is extended to both substituted allylstannanes and allylboranes.