meso-Tetrakis (p-tolyl) porphyrinatoruthenium (II) carbonyl,[RuII (TTP)(CO)], can effect intermolecular sulfonium and ammonium ylide formation by catalytic decomposition of diazo compounds such as ethyl diazoacetate (EDA) in the presence of allyl sulfides and amines. Exclusive formation of [2, 3]-sigmatropic rearrangement products (70-80% yields) was observed without [1, 2]-rearrangement products being detected. The Ru-catalyzed ...
[Stavitskaya, Lidiya; Shim, Jihyun; Healy, Jason R.; Matsumoto, Rae R.; MacKerell Jr., Alexander D.; Coop, Andrew Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 2012 , vol. 20, # 14 p. 4556 - 4563]