In addition to being present in several bioactive natural products,[1] 1, 2, 3-trisubstituted cyclopropanes embed significant structural complexity that has prompted their use as peptidomimetics,[2] and as substrates for various organic and organometallic reactions.[3] 2, 3-Disubstituted iodocyclopropanes have been shown to be versatile precursors to access a multitude of highly functionalized cyclopropane units.[4] However, few methods for their ...
[Pyun, Hyung-Jung; Coates, Robert M.; Wagschal, Kurt C.; McGeady, Paul; Croteau, Rodney B. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1993 , vol. 58, # 15 p. 3998 - 4009]