Stereochemical and Mechanistic Investigations of a Palladium‐Catalyzed Annulation of Secondary Alkyl Iodides

Inversion versus retention: A palladium-catalyzed annulation with enantioenriched secondary alkyl iodides gives mechanistic insight into the stereochemistry of this CH bond functionalization reaction (see scheme) involving a proposed PdII/PdIV catalytic cycle. Supporting information for this article is available on the WWW under http://www.wiley-vch.de/contents/jc_2002/2007/z603888_s.pdf or from the author. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.