A palladium catalyzed stereo-convergent aminocarbonylation of 1,3-dienes with nitroarenes: synthesis of (E,E)-dienamides

A palladium catalyzed stereo-convergent aminocarbonylation of 1,3-dienes with nitroarenes has been developed. The reaction of mixtrues of E / Z isomers of 1,3-dienes reacted with nitroarenes and produced ( E , E )-dienamides with high stereoselectivities.