C. Moinet et Jc. Fiaud, PALLADIUM-CATALYZED ASYMMETRIC HYDROPHENYLATION OF 1,4-DIHYDRO-1,4-EPOXYNAPHTHALENE, Tetrahedron letters, 36(12), 1995, pp. 2051-2052
Palladium-catalyzed hydrophenylation of 7-oxybenzonorbornene with phen
yl iodide or triflate in the presence of formate afforded 1,4-epoxy-2-
phenyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene and (1R,2S*)-1,2-dihydro-2-pheny
lnaphthalen-1-ol. Both product distribution and enantioselectivity for
these compounds were dependent of the leaving group of the substrate
and the ligand of the catalyst.