The titanium-mediated cyclization of delta,epsilon -enones by using dichlor
otitanium diphenoxide-cyclohexylmagnesium chloride diastereoselectively aff
orded cis-substituted cyclopentanols and was thus found to parallel the sto
ichiometric and catalytic titanocene-mediated reactions. (C) 2001 Elsevier
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