S. Roland et al., PI-ALLYL PALLADIUM RING-CLOSURE STRATEGY FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF A 1-BETA-METHYLCARBAPENEM INTERMEDIATE, Tetrahedron letters, 36(17), 1995, pp. 3007-3010
A new ring closure by pi-allyl palladium methodology is utilized in th
e synthesis of a 1-beta-methyl carbapenem intermediate from 2-acetoxy
azetidinone in six steps (40% yield).