Thesis advisor: James P. Morken / Internal allyl electrophiles were successfully implemented in a catalytic cross-coupling to allylB(pin) with high regiocontrol to afford multisubstituted 1,5-dienes bearing chemically differentiated olefins. Construction of alkenyl compounds with all carbon quaternary centers and high enantiomeric excess can be achieved in one step without the use of enantiomerically enriched chiral ligands. / Thesis (MS) — Boston College, 2015. / Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: Chemistry.