Cobalt-Catalyzed Cross-Couplings between Alkenyl Acetates and Aryl or Alkenyl Zinc Pivalates.
Jie LiPaul KnochelPublished in: Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) (2018)
CoBr2 (5 mol %) in the presence of 2,2'-bipyridyl (5 mol %) enables electrophilic alkenylations between easily accessible alkenyl acetates or tosylates and various functionalized aryl zinc pivalates at ambient temperature. This cobalt-catalyzed process was further applicable to alkenyl zinc pivalates to provide substituted 1,3-dienes.