Chemistry Letters, Vol.31, No.3, 376-377, 2002
Water accelerated allylation of aldehydes by using water tolerant Grignard-type allylating agents from allylmagnesium chloride and various metallic salts
Some water-tolerant allylating agents prepared in situ from allylmagnesium chloride and bismuth trichloride, tin tetrachloride, tin dichloride, antimony trichloride, indium trichloride, or nickel dichloride reacted with aldehydes in THF-H2O to afford the desired homoallylic alcohols in good yields. The present reaction proceeded more smoothly than that under non-aqueous media.