A Chan-Evans-Lam approach to trisubstituted vinyl ethers.

Trisubstituted vinyl ethers were accessed via Chan-Evans-Lam coupling of vinyl trifluoroborates and primary aliphatic alcohols. This approach complements prior methods that required the use of neat liquid alcohol coupling partners. A palladium-catalyzed redox-relay Heck reaction was used to convert several vinyl ethers into aldehyde-functionalized 1,3-dihydroisobenzofurans.