Sb. Bedford et al., ON THE STEREOSELECTION OF IODOLACTONIZATIONS OF 3-SILYLOXYALK-5-ENOICACIDS, Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin transactions. I, (13), 1996, pp. 1505-1509
Iodolactonizations of 3-triisopropylsilyloxyalk-5-enoic acids (10b and
12) proceed by way of common transition-state geometry 23, in which t
he silyloxy group is positioned axially, presumably due to hydrogen bo
nding with the carboxylic acid group.