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Ruthenium porphyrin complexes are active catalysts for the cyclopropan
ation of styrene derivatives by ethyl diazoacetate with good to very g
ood diastereoselectivity; moderate enantiomeric excesses (34%) are obs
erved using a chiral porphyrin as catalyst.