Palladium-catalyzed hydrophenylation reactions of bicyclic alkenes were investigated. These reactions were found to be completely chemo-and stereoselective, giving only exo products on the less substituted double bonds of bicyclic alkenes in moderate to good
[Hoenigman, Rebecca L.; Kato, Shuji; Bierbaum, Veronica M.; Borden, Weston Thatcher Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2005 , vol. 127, # 50 p. 17772 - 17777]