. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 9.

Published in final edited form as: Chem Rev. 2011 Jan 14;111(3):1846–1913. doi: 10.1021/cr1002744

Table 1.

DcA of β-Keto Acids

entry	β-keto acid	allyl acetate	product^a	yield
1	9			93%
2	9			71%
3	9	E-10	11	78%
4	9	Z-10	11	64%
5	9		11	83%
6				89%

Pd(PPh₃)₄, 23 °C, THF or C₆H₆, 0.5–20 h