Stereoselective palladium catalyzed cyclization on carbohydrate templates - A route to chiral cyclopentanes and some heterocyclic analogs

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)71264-0

Certain pseudoglycals are shown to be excellent substrates for the palladium catalyzed introduction of unsaturated pendants into the 1-, 2- or 4-positions followed by Pd-mediated cyclization. This methodology provides a ready entry into homochiral substit