“…The use of oxabicyclic templates to introduce trans- 1,2-bifunctional groups to the carbocyclic molecule skeleton is an effective strategy for the synthesis of complex molecules. Pioneering work in this field was first described by Lautens and co-workers [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17] who reported rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric ring-opening (ARO) of oxabicyclic alkenes to produce the corresponding products in high yields and excellent enantioselectivities (up to 99% ee ). The asymmetric ring-opening has been extensively studied with a broad range of nucleophiles, including organomagnesium, organolithium, organozinc reagents, organoboronic acids, alcohols, phenols, carboxylic acids, terminal alkynes, and aromatic amines.…”