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Enhancement of enantiocontrol/diastereocontrol in catalytic intramolecular cyclopropanation and carbon-hydrogen insertion reactions of diazoacetates with Rh2(4S-MPPIM)4

Tetrahedron LettersPublished 1 October 1995
Michael P. Doyle, Qi‐Lin Zhou, Alexey B. Dyatkin, Daniel A. Ruppar
Citations80
SJR quartileQ3
SJR score0.33
SNIP0.43

TL;DR

Dirhodium(II) tetrakis provides significant enhancement in enantiocontrol for intramolecular cyclopropanation reactions of allylic diazoacetates and optimal enantiOControl/diastereocontroll for intramsolecular C-H insertion reactions of secondary alkyl diazosacetates.

Abstract

Dirhodium(II) tetrakis[methyl 1-(3-phenylpropanoyl)imidazolidin-2-one-4(S)-carboxylate], Rh2(4S-MPPIM) 4, provides significant enhancement in enantiocontrol for intramolecular cyclopropanation reactions of allylic diazoacetates and optimal enantiocontrol/diastereocontrol for intramolecular C-H insertion reactions of secondary alkyl diazoacetates.

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Chemistry