T. Ishiyama et al., Platinum(0)-catalyzed diboration of methylenecyclopropanes with bis(pinacolato) diboron: A selective route to 2,4-bis(boryl)-1-butenes, SYNLETT, (11), 1999, pp. 1790-1792
Platinum(0)-catalyzed diboration of methylenecyclopropanes with bis(pinacol
ato)diboron [(Me4C2O2)B-B(O2C2Me4)] in toluene selectively provided the cor
responding 2,4-bis(boryl)-1-butene and its analogs in good yields through t
he cleavage of the proximal bond of the cyclopropane ring.