Reaction of a chiral cyclopropyl halide with alkali metals in alcohol solvents. The surface nature of the reaction

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)77709-4

An alcohol solution (methanol, isopropanol or t-butanol) of (S)-(+)-1-bromo-1-methyl-2,2-diphenylcyclopropane (1) was treated with an alkali metal (lithium, sodium, or potassium). The resultant hydrocarbon. (R)-(-)-1-methyl-2,2-diphenylcyclopropane (2), w