. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jun 22.

Published in final edited form as: J Org Chem. 2005 Apr 15;70(8):3099–3107. doi: 10.1021/jo050022+

Table 9.

Entry	Yield^(b)	dr
1	60%	10:1
2	70%	>20:1
3	40%	>20:1
4	53%	>20:1
5^(a)^(b)	0%^(c)	--

^(a)

Conditions: 1.0 equiv alcohol, 2.0 equiv ArBr, 2.0 equiv NaOtBu, 1 mol % Pd₂(dba)₃, 2 mol % dpe-phos, THF (0.13-0.25 M), 65 °C.

^(b)

Yields represent average isolated yields for two or more experiments.

^(c)

Oxidation of the alcohol substrate to 2-allylcyclopentanone was observed.