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STERICALLY CROWDED CYCLOPROPANATION CATALYSTS. SYN-SELECTIVITY USING RHODIUM(III)PORPHYRINS
Callot, H. J.,Metz, F.,Piechocki, C.
, p. 2365 - 2369 (1982)
Rhodium(III)porphyrins catalyze the decomposition of ethyl diazoacetate and the transfer of ethoxycarbonylcarbene to alkenes to form cyclopropanes in moderate to high yields.When compared with other catalysts a large syn-selectivity was observed on reaction with cis-alkenes.This selectivity increased with the size of the substituents, and suggested a preferencial direction of approach of the alkene towards a rhodium-carbene complex.
