title: Ring-opening reactions of methylenecyclopropanes promoted by metal halides.
abstract: The methylenecyclopropanes (MCPs) react with various metal chlorides or bromides to give the corresponding homoallylic chlorides or bromides in good yields. [reaction: see text]
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, 354 Fenglin Lu, Shanghai 200032, China.
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shi