Table 3.

Tandem allylic substitution/Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of 2-B(pin)-substituted allylic acetates.

Entry	Allylic acetate	Nu−/NuH	Ar-X	Product		Yield (%)[a]
1	1a		4-Me-C6H4-Br		5a	70
2	1a		4-MeO-C6H4-Br		5b	65
3	1a		3-C5H3N-Br		5c	52
4	1f		Ph-I		5d	50
5	1f		Ph-Br		5d	70
6	1f		4-MeO-C6H4-Br		5e	69
7	1f		4-O2N-C6H4-Br		5f	59
8	1f	NaCH(CO2Me)2	Ph-I			–[b]
9	1f	NaCH(CO2Me)2	Ph-Br		5g	51
10	1h	NaCH(CO2Me)2	Ph-Br		5h	61

^[a]Yield of purified and isolated products.

^[b]No cross-coupling product was observed, but 43% of 2h was isolated.