Recent Advances in the Direct Nucleophilic Substitution of Allylic Alcohols through SN1-Type Reactions

Direct nucleophilic substitution reactions of allylic alcohols are environmentally friendly, since they generate only water as a byproduct, allowing access to new allylic compounds. This reaction has, thus, attracted the interest of the chemical community and several strategies have been developed for its successful accomplishment. This review gathers the latest advances in this methodology involving SN1-type reactions.

Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN) (projects CTQ2010-20387 and Consolider Ingenio 2010, CSD2007-00006), FEDER, the Generalitat Valenciana (PROMETEO 2009/039) and the University of Alicante are gratefully acknowledged for financial support. A.B. would also like to thank MICINN for a Juan de la Cierva contract (JCI-2009-03710) and the University of Alicante (Project GRE12-03).