title: Rhodium N-confused porphyrin-catalyzed alkene cyclopropanation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.
authors.forename: Teppei
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Niino
authors.forename: Motoki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Toganoh
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Andrioletti
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Furuta
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000475:Alkenes; D003521:Cyclopropanes; D008665:Metalloporphyrins; D012238:Rhodium