@article{d6341a545d3c4530b4228311c2a06770,
title = "Enantioselective synthesis of α-methylene-γ-butyrolactones using chiral Pd(II)-SPRIX catalyst",
abstract = "Combination of Pd(OCOCF3)2 and (M,S,S)-iPr-SPRIX ligand promoted the intramolecular cyclization of 2-alkynoates very effectively to form α-methylene-γ-butyrolactones in good yields with up to 92% ee.",
author = "Chinnasamy Muthiah and Arai, {Midori A.} and Toshio Shinohara and Takayoshi Arai and Shinobu Takizawa and Hiroaki Sasai",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan. C.M., M.A.A. and T.S. thanks JSPS for a Research Fellowship. We also thank the technical staff at the Materials Analysis Center of ISIR, Osaka University.",
year = "2003",
month = jul,
day = "7",
doi = "10.1016/S0040-4039(03)01250-4",
language = "English",
volume = "44",
pages = "5201--5204",
journal = "Tetrahedron Letters",
issn = "0040-4039",
publisher = "Elsevier Limited",
number = "28",
}