A. Mori et al., DIASTEREODIFFERENTIATING INTRAMOLECULAR CYCLOPROPANATIONS OF PROCHIRAL OLEFINS AND A DIAZO ESTER-LINKED BY OPTICALLY-ACTIVE 2,4-PENTANEDIOL, Tetrahedron : asymmetry, 8(5), 1997, pp. 661-664
Intramolecular cyclopropanation of 3, the substrate having a chiral au
xiliary as a linking bridge between a diazo ester and cyclohexene, was
found to give the cyclopropane 4 having over 99% diastereomeric exces
s (d.e.) in 91.5% yield. The reaction was also carried out at 138 degr
ees C (p-xylene reflux) to give 4 of 88.2% d.e. (C) 1997 Elsevier Scie
nce Ltd.