Lh. Shiu et al., ENANTIOSELECTIVE SYNTHESES OF ALPHA-METHYLENE BUTYROLACTONES VIA ASYMMETRIC AMINOCARBONYLATION OF TUNGSTEN-PROP-2-YNYL COMPOUNDS, Chemical communications, (21), 1997, pp. 2055-2056
A tungsten-eta(1)-vinylprop-2-ynyl compound undergoes enantioselective
aminocarbonylation to afford an optically pure tungsten-pi-gamma-lact
one; this pi-allyl complex is useful for the efficient synthesis of op
tically pure alpha-methylene butyrolactone.