Synthesis 2009(9): 1473-1476  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1088034
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A Convenient Approach to Enantioenriched Cyclopropanes Bearing Electron-Withdrawing Functionalities

Henryk Krawczyk*, Katarzyna Wąsek, Jacek Kędzia
Institute of Organic Chemistry, Technical University of Łódź, Żeromskiego 116, 90-924 Łódź, Poland
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Received 12 December 2008
Publication Date:
25 March 2009 (online)

Abstract

1,2-Disubstituted cyclopropanes with different electron-withdrawing groups were accessed stereospecifically from similarly functionalized γ-hydroxy-α,β-unsaturated compounds.