Sk. Kang et al., HIGHLY REGIOSELECTIVE PALLADIUM-MEDIATED SUBSTITUTION OF ALLYLIC AND DIENYLIC CYCLIC CARBONATES, Tetrahedron letters, 35(15), 1994, pp. 2357-2360
Reaction of chiral allylic and dienylic cyclic carbonates with various
nucleophiles in the presence of (PPh(3))(4)Pd as a catalyst afforded
alpha-, gamma-, or epsilon-substituted products with high regio-, (E)-
stereo-, and diastereoselectivity depending on nucleophiles.