posted on 2007-09-12, 00:00authored byMoisés Gulías, Juan Durán, Fernando López, Luis Castedo, Jose L. Mascareñas
Octa-5,7-dienylidenecyclopropanes undergo [4 + 3] intramolecular cycloaddition reactions upon treatment with appropriate palladium catalysts to give stereochemically rich bicyclo[5.3.0]octane systems in a completely diastereoselective manner.