Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemical Communications, 5(53), p. 952-955
DOI: 10.1039/c6cc08392g
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The first general Pd-catalysed mono-α-alkenylation of ketones using alkenyl tosylates is reported. The combination of Pd(dba)2 and XPhos as the catalytic system exhibited excellent chemo- and monoselectivity at a relatively low catalyst loading (0.1–1.0 mol%).