Diastereoselectivity in the O-H insertion reactions of rhodium carbenoids derived from phenyldiazoacetates of homochiral alcohols

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)78227-X

Rhodium(II) acetate catalysed decomposition of the phenyldiazoacetates 3 in the presence of alcohols (methanol, propan-2-ol, tert-butanol) led to the O-H insertion products 4 - 6 in varying yields; the diastereomeric excess of the product ranged from 5-53%.