Stereochemical probes of intramolecular CH insertion reactions of iron-carbene complexes

S Ishii, S Zhao, P Helquist

Index: Ishii, Shingo; Zhao, Shikai; Helquist, Paul Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2000 , vol. 122, # 24 p. 5897 - 5898

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Abstract

A common characteristic of carbenes and metal-carbene complexes is their propensity to undergo insertion reactions into OH, NH, and CH bonds. 1 Several forms of intramolecular CH insertions, including enantioselective versions, have been developed for the construction, most importantly, of cyclopentanes and five-membered heterocycles. The importance of these reactions is reflected by their widespread use in synthesis. We have ...