I. Shimizu et al., ENANTIOSELECTIVE NUCLEOPHILIC-SUBSTITUTION OF A 6,6-BICYCLIC DIENYL ACETATE BY PALLADIUM-CHIRAL PHOSPHINE CATALYST, Chemistry Letters, (10), 1998, pp. 983-984
The enantioselective nucleophilic substitution of (+/-)-2 beta-acetoxy
-4a beta-methyl-2,3,4,4a, 5,6-hexahydronaphthalene with dimethyl malon
ate anion was performed in the presence of palladium-chiral ligand cat
alysts to give optically active 2-di(methoxycarbonyl)methyl-4a-methyl-
2,3,4,4a,5, 6-hexahydronaphthalenes.