Asymmetric Hydrovinylation of 1,3-Dienes

Significance

Building upon previous work in the area of asymmetric hydrovinylation of 1,3-dienes the authors report a cobalt-catalyzed hydrovinylation of unactivated linear 1,3-dienes which occurs with good yields and excellent selectivity. There are few reports of the cobalt-catalyzed codimerization of ethylene with other alkenes forming chiral products and only modest enantioselectivities have been achieved.