DIRHODIUM(II) TETRAKIS[ALKYL 2-OXAAZETIDINE-4(S)-CARBOXYLATES] - A NEW SET OF EFFECTIVE CHIRAL CATALYSTS FOR ASYMMETRIC INTERMOLECULAR CYCLOPROPANATION REACTIONS WITH DIAZOACETATES
Mp. Doyle et al., DIRHODIUM(II) TETRAKIS[ALKYL 2-OXAAZETIDINE-4(S)-CARBOXYLATES] - A NEW SET OF EFFECTIVE CHIRAL CATALYSTS FOR ASYMMETRIC INTERMOLECULAR CYCLOPROPANATION REACTIONS WITH DIAZOACETATES, Synlett, (7), 1996, pp. 697
Chiral dirhodium(II) azetidinone-carboxylate catalysts provide high en
antiocontrol in intermolecular cyclopropanation reactions of diazoacet
ates (up to 95% ee), and carbene addition occurs with modest cis diast
ereoselectivity.