Facile Synthesis of (-)-Serricornin by Means of Palladium-Catalyzed Hydrogenolysis of Alkenyloxiranes.

Abstract Chiral synthesis of (—)-serricornin by using palladium-catalyzed stereoselective hydrogenolysis of the alkenyloxirane to the homoallylic alcohol with formic acid as a key step was carried out.