Palladium-Catalyzed Cascade Intramolecular Cyclization and Allylation of Enynoates with Allylic Alcohols.

A Pd(II)-catalyzed mild and highly regioselective 6-endo cyclization/allylation reaction of enynoates with simple allylic alcohols has been developed. Under mild reaction conditions, the vinyl palladium species generated in situ after cyclization could insert C-C double bond of allylic alcohol through cross-coupling reaction and lead to the formation of allyl pyrone via beta-OH elimination. This cascade cross-coupling reaction represents a direct and atom economic methodology for the construction of novel allyl pyrones in moderate to good yields.