title: Selectivity in metal-catalyzed carbon-carbon bond cleavage of alkylidenecyclopropanes.
abstract: When more complex system leads to simpler reactivity profile; the ring-opening of strained three-membered rings such as methylene- and alkylidenecyclopropanes generally lead to several products. If one starts with more functionalized carbon skeletons, selective reactions are now observed and rationalization as well as synthetic applications are described in this concept article. This methodology could be used to the preparation of challenging structural motifs possessing quaternary carbon stereocenters in acyclic systems.
authors.affiliation: The Mallat Family Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Schulich Faculty of Chemistry and the Lise Meitner-Minerva Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel.
authors.forename: Ahmad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Masarwa
authors.forename: Ilan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Marek