Functionalized Cyclobutanes via Heck Cyclization InnitzerAnna BreckerLothar MulzerJohann 2007 Heck-type 4<i>-exo-trig</i> cyclization of linear 2-enol triflate-1,5-hexadienes provides functionalized methylene cyclobutanes. Intramolecular palladium coordination can initiate β-hydride elimination leading to 1,2-dimethylene cyclobutane derivatives, which are obtained with high selectivity if substrates having a geminal diphenyl group at C<sub>α</sub> are used. In parallel, formal 5<i>-endo-trig</i> cyclization and β-hydride elimination form 1-methylene cyclopent-2-en derivatives.