T. Inoue et al., ENANTIOSELECTIVE IODOCARBOCYCLIZATION OF 4-ALKENYLMALONATE DERIVATIVES USING A CHIRAL TITANIUM COMPLEX, Tetrahedron letters, 36(9), 1995, pp. 1479-1482
The iodocarbocyclization of 4-pentenylmalonate derivatives 1 proceeded
with moderate to high enantiomeric excesses (up to 85 %ee) by treatin
g 1 with I-2 and CuO in the presence of the chiral titanium alkoxide 2
. The present reaction should serve as a new method for enantioselecti
ve construction of functionalized cyclopentane derivatives.