“…These alkenylmetal intermediates are generally prepared in situ through the reaction of alkenylhalides with a stoichiometric amount or an excess of metallic reagents (Mg, Li, Cu, and Zn), − or with Cr catalysts under reductive conditions, or through alkyne hydrometalation with metallic hydrides. , In recent years, many synthetic strategies that avoid the use of discrete metalloalkenes have been reported: metal-catalyzed alkene-carbonyl and alkyne–carbonyl reductive coupling, in addition to the redox-neutral alternative between alcohols and alkynes using Ru, Os, and Ni catalysts . In our laboratory, for several years, we have been studying the reactivity of alkoxy-π-allyl Pd(II) complexes in domino Heck reactions − for the preparation of highly functionalized molecules. Recently, considering their chemical versatility, especially in Pd(0) cross-couplings, − we exploited N -tosylhydrazones as nucleophilic partners for the selective synthesis of conjugated and skipped dienes .…”