for C-H allylation of aryl oxazolines using allylic alcohols as the coupling partner. The present transformation unravels the unusual reactivity of allylic alcohols in the synthesis of 4-methyleneisochroman-1-ones and C-H-allylated products. A complete switch in the product selectivity was observed with substrate control and tuning the reaction conditions. The approach employs allylalcohols as an efficient
Investigations of the generality of quaternary ammonium salts as alkylating agents in direct C–H alkylation reactions: solid alternatives for gaseous olefins
C–H alkylation reactions using short chain olefins as alkylating agents could be operationally simplified on the lab scale by using quaternary ammonium salts as precursors for these gaseous reagents: Hofmann elimination delivers in situ the desired alkenes with the advantage that the alkene concentration in the liquid phase is high. In case a catalytic system did not tolerate the conditions for Hofmann