Yg. Suh et al., THE HIGHLY DIASTEREOSELECTIVE PALLADIUM-CATALYZED CYCLIZATIONS - STEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESES OF CIS AND TRANS-DISUBSTITUTED HYDROXYCYCLOPENTANES, Tetrahedron letters, 38(22), 1997, pp. 3911-3914
A new variant of palladium-catalyzed stereoselective cyclization has b
een developed. This process provides an excellent 1,2-diastereocontrol
of two new stereogenic centers as well as 1,3-asymmetric induction. I
n addition, desulfonylation of the cyclization product with retention
of the initial stereochemistry and conversion of the desulfonylation p
roduct to the advanced carbaprostacyclin intermediate is described. (C
) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.