Rm. Moriarty et al., INTRAMOLECULAR CYCLOPROPANATION USING IODONIUM YLIDES - THE 3,5-CYCLOVITAMIN-D RING-A SYNTHON, Tetrahedron letters, 34(26), 1993, pp. 4129-4132
The key intermediate 2b for 3,5-cyclovitamin D ring A synthon 13 was p
repared in 80% yield as a diastereomeric mixture (70:30) via intramole
cular cyclopropanation from iodonium ylide 10b.