FeCl₃-catalysed Zn-mediated allylation of cyclic enol ethers in water

P CHAKRABORTY and S C ROY*

Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur,

Kolkata 700 032, India

e-mail: ocscr@iacs.res.in

Abstract. A mild and environment-friendly Zn-mediated allylation of dihydrofuran and dihydropyran

catalysed by iron(III) chloride in water has been developed.

Graphical Abstract. A mild and environment friendly Zn-mediated allylation of dihydrofuran and

dihydropyran catalysed by iron(III) chlorides in water has been developed.

Keywords. Zn-mediated; Fe(III) chloride; catalysis; enolethers; diols.