Transition Metal Catalyzed Construction of Carbocyclic Rings: (-)-Hamigeran B
Several elegant methods for the enantioselective transformation of preformed prochiral rings have been put forward. Derek R. Boyd of Queen’s University, Belfast devised(Chem. PMID:28739548 Commun. 2008, 5535.DOI: 10.1039/b814678k)a Cu catalyst…