Taj. Vanderheide et al., ASYMMETRIC ADDITION OF (PHENOXYMETHYL)-2-PROPENYL]BIS(2-ISOCARANYL)BORANE TO ALDEHYDES AND FURTHER CYCLIZATION TO CHIRAL 3-METHYLENETETRAHYDROFURANS, Tetrahedron letters, 34(29), 1993, pp. 4655-4656
Allyboration of aldehydes with the functionalized B-allylbis(2-isocara
nyl)boranes 3 afforded functionalized homoallyl alcohols 4 with 71-91%
e.e.. After deprotonation 4 can be cyclized under Pd(0) catalysis to
give chiral 3-methylenetetrahydrofurans 5.