title: Stereoselective construction of nitrile-substituted cyclopropanes.
abstract: Nitrile-substituted cyclopropanes are readily synthesized in a stereocontrolled fashion from the intermolecular cyclopropanation between 2-diazo-2-phenylacetonitrile and electron-rich olefins, catalyzed by the chiral dirhodium complex, Rh(2)(S-PTAD)(4).
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260-3000, USA.
authors.forename: Justin R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Denton
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Huw M L
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Davies