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A rapid route to aminocyclopropanes via carbamatoorganozinc carbenoids.

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) (2013-08-06)
Shingo Ishikawa, Tom D Sheppard, Jarryl M D'Oyley, Akio Kamimura, William B Motherwell
ABSTRACT

Easy as 1,2,3: Reaction of methyl carbamate, triethyl orthoformate, and readily available alkenes provides a highly practical preparation of protected aminocyclopropanes. The reaction proceeds with preferential cis addition to alkenes, and cleavage of the methyl carbamate gives the free aminocyclopropanes as their HI salts.