title: Selective, catalytic carbon-carbon bond activation and functionalization promoted by late transition metal catalysts.
abstract: The selective catalytic activation and functionalization of carbon-carbon bonds in a series of substituted cyclopropane substrates has been developed using commercially available transition metal catalysts. Catalytic hydrogenation and olefination procedures, tolerant of a range of functional groups, have been discovered. Introduction of a chelate-assisting substituent such as [PPh2] is effective in altering the kinetic selectivity and lowering the activation barrier for the catalytic processes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Baker Laboratory, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
authors.forename: Suzanne C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Bart
authors.forename: Paul J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Chirik