Enantioselective intramolecular iodoetherification of disubstituted γ-hydroxyalkenes has been intended using NIS in the presence of 0.2 equivalents of (R)-Binol-Ti(IV) complex to procure the corresponding tetrahydrofurans in up to 65% ee.
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Kang et al. (2004) studied this question.