T. Mandai et al., TANDEM PD-CATALYZED CARBONYLATION AND INTRAMOLECULAR ENE REACTION OF 1-(2-METHOXYCARBONYLETHYNYL)-4-ALKENYL METHYL CARBONATES, Tetrahedron letters, 35(31), 1994, pp. 5701-5704
The palladium-catalyzed carbonylation of 1-(2-methoxycarbonylethynyl)-
4-alkenyl methyl carbonates 6 and 9 provides allenyl geminal diesters
as reactive intermediates which induce an intramolecular ene reaction
to give 6- and 5-membered products.