Cyclopropanation and epoxidation of 1,2-distannylalkenes and 1-silyl-2-stannylalkenes

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(94)05245-7

Cyclopropanation of the title compounds is possible under certain conditions (CH2I2-Sm (Hg)) in special cases, but epoxidation is apparently a general reaction which occurs readily in a stereospecific manner when they are treated with m-chloroperbenzoic acid. Keywords: Tin; Silicon; Cyclopropanation; Epoxidation