Lm. Harwood et Lsa. Tejera, UNEXPECTED REGIOCONTROL IN THE PAUSON-KHAND REACTION DUE TO 2-FURYL SUBSTITUTION OF THE ALKENE COMPONENT, Chemical communications, (17), 1997, pp. 1627-1628
2-Vinylfuran derivatives undergo regiocontrolled Pauson-Khand reaction
, in which the furan exerts the dominant directing influence, to furni
sh 5-(2-furyl)cyclopent-2-enones, overwhelming the strong directing ef
fects of a homoallylic thioether and appearing to inhibit intramolecul
ar reaction in which bridging constraints are in opposition to the dir
ecting influence of the 2-furyl substituent.