A. Levina et J. Muzart, A CONVENIENT ONE-STEP CATALYTIC METHOD FOR OBTAINING OPTICALLY-ACTIVE2-CYCLOPENTENYL BENZOATE FROM CYCLOPENTENE, Synthetic communications, 25(12), 1995, pp. 1789-1794
(S)-2-Cyclopentenyl benzoate has been obtained in 54-67% yield and 54-
59% enantiomeric excess tee) by oxidation of cyclopentene with tert-bu
tyl peroxybenzoate catalyzed by copper(I) oxide and (S)-proline.