Chemical Communications

Iron-catalyzed addition of Grignard reagents to activated vinyl cyclopropanes

BD Sherry, A Fürstner

Index: Sherry, Benjamin D.; Fuerstner, Alois Chemical Communications, 2009 , # 46 p. 7116 - 7118

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Abstract

A highly regioselective iron-catalyzed addition of branched primary, secondary or tertiary alkyl Grignard reagents to activated vinyl cyclopropanes is described, which likely proceeds by a direct addition mechanism as opposed to single electron transfer or an iron-allyl based process.