title: Theory-guided discovery of unique chemical transformations of cyclopropenes.
abstract: [reaction: see text] Chiral 2-cyclopropenyl-4-tolyl sulfones, available by the [2 + 1]-cycloaddition of tosyldiazomethane to acetylenes under catalysis by the Rh(II) complex 1, provide a number of unusual transformations and useful chiral products. This chemistry is dominated by the unusual strain and reactivity of the cyclopropene ring system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.
authors.forename: Robin A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Weatherhead-Kloster
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Corey