M. Kawatsura et al., SAMARIUM(II) IODIDE MEDIATED INTERMOLECULAR KETONE-OLEFIN COUPLINGS CHELATION-CONTROLLED BY BETA-HYDROXYL GROUPS, Synlett, (7), 1995, pp. 729-732
The stereochemical course of the SmI2-induced intermolecular reductive
couplings of the beta-hydroxy aldehyde 1 and beta-hydroxy ketone 4 is
completely stereocontrolled by chelation of the Sm(III) cations attac
hed to the resulting ketyl radicals with the beta-hydroxyl groups prov
iding the anti-1,3-diols 2 and 5, respectively.