Acyloxymethylzinc reagents: Preparation, reactivity, and solid-state structure of this novel class of cyclopropanating reagents

…, A Beauchemin, S Francoeur

Index: Charette; Beauchemin; Francoeur Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2001 , vol. 123, # 33 p. 8139 - 8140

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Abstract

Cyclopropanes are the focus of much interest as they are found in many natural and unnatural products possessing interesting biological activities. 1 They are also useful synthetic intermediates2 and can serve as mechanistic probes in many organic reactions. 3 Surprisingly, however, the number of approaches to access cyclopropanes from alkenes is limited to methodologies developed a few decades ago. These include free carbenes, 4 ...