An unprecedented cascade Heck-Aldol-Heck reaction was developed to form two C-C single bonds and one C=C double bond in one process by a combination of palladium(0) catalysis and aminocatalysis. Various aryl iodides could perform the cascade reaction with readily available propenol and formaldehyde to afford novel (E)-trisubstituted alkenes in 66-81% yields.
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