A MILD AND SELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF CYCLOPROPENE AND CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVES VIA CYCLIALLYLATION OF ALKENYLLITHIUMS

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(01)80915-1

Treatment of cis-1-iodo-3-chloro-1-propene derivatives, readily obtainable via trans addition of organometals to propargyl alcohols followed by iodinolysis and chlorination, with alkyllithiums, such as t-BuLi and n-BuLi, can proceed rapidly and cleanly ev