Patent ID: 8314246

Claim:
A method, comprising: reacting an alkene and an aldehyde to form an allylic alcohol or precursor of an allylic alcohol, provided that the aldehyde is not formaldehyde, wherein the alkene has the structure and any of R 1 , R 4 , R 5 , and R 6 can be the same or different from any other, and each can be independently hydrogen, optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted cycloalkyl, optionally substituted aralkyl, optionally substituted heteroaralkyl, optionally substituted alkenylalkyl, or optionally substituted alkynylalkyl; and wherein the aldehyde has the structure and R 2 can be optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted cycloalkyl, optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted heteroaryl, optionally substituted aralkyl, optionally substituted heteroaralkyl, optionally substituted alkenylalkyl, or optionally substituted alkynylalkyl.