Table 1.

Preliminary Results of Allylic Substitution Reactions^a

Entry	Pronuelephiles		Base	Product		Yieldb (%)
1d		1a	LiN(SiMe3)2		3aa	80
2d		1a	NaN(SiMe3)2		3aa	(99c)
3		1a	NaN(SiMe3)2		3aa	(99c)
4		1c	NaN(SiMe3)2		3ca	27
5		1c	KN(SiMe3)2		3ca	70
6		4a	KN(SiMe3)2		5aa	10

^aReaction conducted on a 0.1 mmol scale with 1 equiv of pronucleophile and 2 equiv of 2a at 0.1 M.

^bYield determined by ¹H NMR spectroscopy of the crude reaction mixture.

^cIsolated yield after chromatographic purification.

^d1 equiv of NEt₃.