Participation of the chiral sulfinyl functionality in palladium- catalyzed asymmetric vinylcyclopropane-cyclopentene rearrangements

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(99)00508-0

Stereochemical studies on the palladium-catalyzed asymmetric 1,3- rearrangements of [4-chiral arylsulfinyl-1,3(E or Z)- butadienyl]cyclopropanes to chiral cyclopentenes are described. The plausible mechanism for the rationalization of the stereochemical outcomes is proposed.