Palladium-catalyzed hydrogenolysis of azabicyclic peroxides. Quantitative transformation to 1-hydroxy-7-aza-2-oxabicyclo[3.3.0]octanes

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(99)00604-8

The palladium-catalyzed reduction of 1-hydroxy-8-aza-2,3- dioxabicyclo[4.3.0]nonanes, which were readily obtained by the manganese(III)-mediated oxidative formal [2+2+2] cycloaddition of pyrrolidinedione derivatives with alkenes and molecular oxygen, led