Stereoselective construction of nitrile-substituted cyclopropanes.
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).
Denton
Justin R
JR
Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260-3000, USA.
Cheng
Kevin
K
Davies
Huw M L
HM