H. Stadtmuller et al., STEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF POLYFUNCTIONAL DISUBSTITUTED AND TRISUBSTITUTED CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVES USING A NEW PALLADIUM-CATALYZED CYCLIZATION, Tetrahedron letters, 34(49), 1993, pp. 7911-7914
Various functionalized 5-hexenyl iodides undergo a radical ring closur
e to give cyclopentylmethylzinc iodides when treated with Et(2)Zn in t
he presence of PdCl2(dppf) (2 mol %). In the case of 4-substituted 5-h
exenyl iodides trans-cyclopentanes are obtained (> 99 : 1) whereas 1-s
ubstituted-5-hexenyl iodides provide cis-cyclopentanes (ca 80 : 20). T
he presence of a substituent at both positions considerably improves t
he cis stereoselectivity up to 95 : 5.