Palladium-catalysed Cyclisation and Cyclisation–Carbonylation of Unsaturated C-Glycoside Derivatives. The Importance of Relative Stereochemistry

Abstract

The Pd-catalysed `metallo-ene type' cyclisation and cyclisation–carbonylation of selected 2,3-unsaturated C-glycosides is described and attention is drawn to the importance of relative stereochemistry in the latter type of reactions.

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