“…In the early 1970s, Golborn and Sheinmann observed that treatment of 2-allylphenol 158e and eugenol 5 with this catalyst in benzene under reflux facilitated quantitative isomerization of the allyl groups, predominantly to the trans -isomers 159e and 18 , respectively . Other researchers have also used this particular catalyst to effectively isomerize arylallyl compounds. − To demonstrate the applicability of the PdCl 2 (PhCN) 2 method, Ford et al isomerized 1-(3-allyl-2-hydroxyphenyl)ethanone 351 on a 100 g scale with this catalyst to afford 352 . The isomerization was followed by an ozonolysis to afford 3-formyl-2-hydroxyacetophenone, and an oxidation with silver(I) oxide then afforded the corresponding carboxylic acid 353 (Scheme ).…”