Palladium catalysed carbonylation of both 4-alkynyl-1,3-dioxolan-2-ones and alkynyl epoxides occurs under mild conditions to give methyl 5-hydroxy-2,3-dienoates which are converted to γ,δ-unsaturated δ-lactones by tandem conjugate addition–cyclisation with lithium dimethylcuprate or to methyl (E)-5-hydroxypent-3-enoates by stereoselective reduction with sodium borohydride.
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