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Bicyclic titanacycles 2 generated with the Cp2TiCl2-Mg-P(OEt)(3) system can
be trapped with bis(trichloromethyl) carbonate (BTC) to give bicyclic cycl
opentenones 3 in good yields. The titanacycle 2m was isolated and well-iden
tified. Bicyclization of enynes containing 1,2-disubstituted olefin by this
method gave good results with excellent stereoselectivity.