- Stereoselective construction of nitrile-substituted cyclopropanes.
Stereoselective construction of nitrile-substituted cyclopropanes.
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2008-03-01)
Justin R Denton, Kevin Cheng, Huw M L Davies
PMID18309429
ABSTRACT
Nitrile-substituted cyclopropanes are readily synthesized in a stereocontrolled fashion from the intermolecular cyclopropanation between 2-diazo-2-phenylacetonitrile and electron-rich olefins, catalyzed by the chiral dirhodium complex, Rh(2)(S-PTAD)(4).