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We report in this paper the preparation and use of stannanes 11, 12a, and 12b, compounds whose 3-pyrenylpropyl side chain affinity for activated carbon simplifies tin removal and product isolation. Our pyrene-supported reagents can be used for radical reductions and cyclizations (11), radical and cationic allylations (12a), and Stille couplings (12b) in much the same way as tributyltin derivatives.

The diastereoselectivity of 5-exo-trigonal cyclizations of 2-(4-penten-1-yl)-1,3-dioxolan-2-yl and 2-(4-penten-1-yl)-1,3-dioxan-2-yl radicals is investigated. When dioxolanes or dioxanes derived from C(2) symmetrically substituted diols are employed the diastereoselectivity is poor. In the dioxanyl series this is a consequence of the cyclization occurring through a twist-boat conformer. Disymmetrically substituted dioxanyl radicals, derived from the alcohols 21 and 41, are, however, constrained to chairlike conformations and accordingly give rise to highly diastereoselective cyclizations. Conditions are described for the hydrolysis of the resulting spiroacetals and for determination of the ee of the resulting 2-methylcyclopentanones.