DFT and experimental study of triallylborane-mediated isomerization of α-allylated azaheterocycles

Triallylborane-mediated thermal trans/cis-isomerization of α-allylated azaheterocycles is a unique stereoselective transformation providing straightforward access to important heterocycles. The main experimental features of this process, namely, thermodynamically controlled isomer ratio, 1,3-allylic strain as a driving force and regioselectivity are quantitatively described by quantum chemical calculations at B3LYP/6-31+G(d,p)/PCM(DMSO) level of theory.