Metal-Mediated Carbocyclic Construction: The Kobayashi Synthesis of (+)-Fomitellic Acid B
Jin K. Cha of Wayne State University described (J. Org. Chem. 2009, 74, 5528. DOI: 10.1021/jo900823h) the diastereoselective intramolecular cyclopropanation of nitriles with homoallylic alcohols such as 1. Valery V.…