All rights reserved. First example of allylicether’s dimerization reaction was developed through olefin’s C–O bond insertion via Ag(I) catalysis. Other aromatic olefins, such as styrene and its electro-poor analogues could participate to provide the allylicether’s C–O bond insertion products.
Iridium‐catalyzed hydroarylation of alkenyl ethers, such as allylic and homoallylic ethers, by C−H bond activation gave high yields of the corresponding addition products, where the aryl groups were selectively installed at the α‐carbon atom to the alkoxy group. The reaction involves an isomerization of the alkenyl ethers into the corresponding 1‐alkenyl ethers, which then undergo the regio‐ and enantioselective