135. Palladium-catalyzed intramolecular olefin allylations: Stereocontrolled syntheses of bicyclic systems and evidence for an allylpalladium/olefin-cis-insertion
     Oppolzer, W.; Gaudin, J.-M.; Birkinshaw, T. N.
     Tetrahedron Lett. 1988, 29, 4705-4708

Pd(O)-catalyzed cyclizations of (1-acetoxy-3-alkenyl)-2-cycloalkenes 3, 6 and 12 provide bicyclic systems in high diastereo- (5, 8) and enantio-meric (14) purity consistent with a predominant allylpalladium/alkene cis- insertion.

DOI : 10.1016/S0040-4039(00)80586-9