Reactions of diazo carbonyls with [PtX(CH3)(chiral diphosphine)] (X = Cl, Br, I): Chemoselectivity and diastereoselectivity of Pt-C and Pt-X carbene insertion

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/om00007a019

In polar solvents (e.g. MeCN), ethyl diazoacetate reacts with [PtXMe(S,S-diop)], where X - Cl, Br, I, to give the corresponding [PtX(CHMeCO₂Et)(S,S-diop)] as a 2:1 mixture of diastereoisomers in high yields. The major diastereoisomer of [PtCl(C