Facile one-pot preparation of allylic alcohols with a fluorine-containing alkyl group at the γ-position

A useful one-pot preparation method of allylic alcohols with fluorinated alkyl groups at the γ position was developed from the corresponding enoates by way of the DIBAL-mediated half reduction, followed by nucleophilic attack of Grignard reagents to aldehydes equilibrating with aluminium acetals.