Abstract
Carbohydrate-derived propargylic esters react with Et2Zn and catalytic Pd(0), in the presence of a Lewis acid, to generate nucleophilic allenyl metal species capable of intramolecular addition to a tethered carbonyl group. This results in the formation of enantiomerically pure functionalized cyclopentanes with high stereoselectivity and in preparatively useful yields. A high preference is observed for a trans relationship between the alkynyl and OH groups in the cyclopentane products, implying that the cyclization proceeds through open transition states.
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