Iron‐Catalyzed π‐Activated C–O Ether Bond Cleavage with C–C and C–H Bond Formation

Abstract

Abstract A novel and efficient allylic alkylation reaction between π‐activated ethers and allylsilane was realized under mild conditions through iron(III)‐catalyzed C –O ether bond cleavage. The present protocol provides an attractive approach for the construction of sp 3 –sp 3 C–C bonds and can be potentially applied for the selective reduction of benzyl and allyl ethers to their corresponding hydrocarbon compounds by using triethylsilane as a hydride‐transfer reagent.