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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jul 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Chem Soc. 2006 Mar 8;128(9):2893–2901. doi: 10.1021/ja057489m

Scheme 2. a.

Scheme 2. a

(a) Conditions: 1.0 equiv alcohol substrate, 2.0 equiv NaOtBu, 1 mol % Pd2(dba)3, 4 mol % ligand (monophosphines) or 2 mol % ligand (bis-phosphines), toluene (0.1 M), 105 °C, 3-8 h. Diastereoselectivities were determined by GC and/or 1H NMR analysis.