K. Togashi et al., CHIRALITY TRANSFER IN THE PALLADIUM(0)-CATALYZED CYCLIZATION OF 3-OXO-8,9-DIHYDROXYTETRADECA-1,6-DIENE DERIVATIVES INTO 2-METHYLENECYCLOPENTANONES, Tetrahedron letters, 35(20), 1994, pp. 3333-3336
Pd(O)-catalyzed cyclizations of four diastereomeric 3-oxo-8,9-dihydrox
ytetradeca-1,6-diene derivatives were carried out to give 2-methylenec
yclopentanones with stereospecific 1,3-chirality transfer in up to 95%
overall inversion of stereochemistry, one of which contains a correct
pi-side chain to be the Stork's intermediate for prostaglandins.