Abstract Representative vinylcyclopropanes (Ia Ic) were hydrated in a Markovnikov fashion by oxymercuration-demercuration. Isolated yields of α-cyclopropyl-substituted alcohols were more than 80%. 2, 2-Diphenyl-l-vinylcyclopropane (Id) was the only olefin that produced a mixture of the expected alcohol, IId, and a rearranged product III. At 0 C, However, the amount of III was minimal (ca. 6%), and hence the Markovnikov hydration of Id was ...
[Kelly, David P.; Banwell, Martin G.; Ryan, John H.; Phyland, James R.; Quick, Jason R. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1995 , vol. 60, # 6 p. 1651 - 1657]
