Rhodium-catalyzed C-C coupling reactions involving ring opening of strained molecules. II. Addition to olefins and aromatic substitution

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(88)87098-0

Rhodium-catalyzed C-C coupling reactions, involving ring opening of strained molecules, have been studied using diphenylmethylenecyclopropanes as models.It has been established that, as rhodium takes control of the ring opening process, activated olefins