174312-75-5Relevant articles and documents
Ring opening of cyclopropanemonocarboxylates and 1,1- cyclopropanedicarboxylates using samarium(II) diiodide (SmI2)-HMPA-THF system
Yamashita,Okuyama,Ohhara,Kawasaki,Sakai,Nakata,Kawabe,Kusumoto,Ohta
, p. 2075 - 2081 (1995)
The cyclopropane ring in 2-substituted 1,1-cyclopropanedicarboxylates was regioselectively opened by using samarium(II) diiodide (Sml2) in a hexamethylphosphoric triamide (HMPA)-tetrahydrofuran (THF) (1:10) system under mild and neutral conditions to give (2-substituted ethyl)malonates in moderate to good yields. The cyclopropane ring in 2-substituted cyclopropanecarboxylates or 2-substituted 3- (trimethylsilyl)cyclopropanecarboxylates was similarly cleaved regioselectively by using Sml2 in a HMPA-THF (1:1) system to give 4- arylbutyrates or 4-aryl-3-(trimethylsilyl)butyrates in 16-89% yields. The reaction mechanism of these ring-opening reactions is discussed.