Rhodium N-confused porphyrin-catalyzed alkene cyclopropanation.
Rhodium N-confused porphyrins constitute unprecedented, highly efficient tools for the cyclopropanation of styrene, affording the expected cyclopropanes in excellent yields with trans : cis ratios reaching 98 : 2.
Niino
Teppei
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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.
Toganoh
Motoki
M
Andrioletti
Bruno
B
Furuta
Hiroyuki
H
D000475:Alkenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D003500:Cyclization; D003521:Cyclopropanes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D008665:Metalloporphyrins / Q000737:chemistry*; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D015394:Molecular Structure; D012238:Rhodium / Q000737:chemistry*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
D000475:Alkenes; D003521:Cyclopropanes; D008665:Metalloporphyrins; D012238:Rhodium