Af. Mateos et al., RHODIUM (II)-CATALYZED REACTIONS OF ALPHA-ARYL-ALPHA-DIAZO KETONES - STEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF KETOEPOXIDES RELATED TO ANTI-HIV COMPOUNDS, Synlett, (11), 1996, pp. 1134
A study of the rhodium (II)-catalyzed C-H insertion to form cyclopenta
nones has been carried out with alpha-aryl-alpha-diazo-alpha',beta'-un
saturated 6a-c and saturated 5a-e ketones.