Palladium‐Catalyzed Decarboxylative Asymmetric Allylic Alkylation: Development, Mechanistic Understanding and Recent Advances

The palladium‐catalyzed decarboxylative asymmetric allylic alkylation (DAAA) is comprehensively reviewed, from its original development to recent advances in terms of substrate scope, reactivity, regio‐ and enantioselectivity. The current understanding of the mechanistic details, based on a combination of experimental and computational studies, is described. Selected examples of the application of this asymmetric synthetic methodology in natural product synthesis are given. The exploration of Pd‐catalyzed decarboxylative asymmetric catalysis, in particular, the related interceptive decarboxylative asymmetric allylic alkylation, has become a focus in recent years and this is also summarized.