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Lanthanum metal-assisted cyclopropanation of alkenes with gem-dihaloalkanes

Y Nishiyama, H Tanimizu, T Tomita

Index: Nishiyama, Yutaka; Tanimizu, Hana; Tomita, Tsuyoshi Tetrahedron Letters, 2007 , vol. 48, # 36 p. 6405 - 6407

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Abstract

It was confirmed that lanthanum metal was an efficient reagent for the reductive dehalogenation of gem-dihaloalkanes. When gem-dihaloalkanes were allowed to react with lanthanum metal in the presence of alkenes, cyclopropanation of the alkenes occurred under mild conditions giving the corresponding cyclopropanes in moderate to good yields.