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Synfacts 2010(12): 1382-1382
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1258898
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1258898
Metal-Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis and Stereoselective Reactions
© Georg Thieme Verlag
Stuttgart ˙ New York
Cobalt(II)-Catalyzed Stereoselective Cyclopropanation of Alkenes
S. Zhu, X. Xu, J. Perman, X. P. Zhang*
University of South Florida, Tampa, USA and South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, P. R. of China
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Publication Date:
22 November 2010 (online)
Significance
The authors disclose a highly asymmetric and highly diastereoselective method of cyclopropanation of alkenes. High yields and selectivities are obtained for a wide range of alkenes. The products can be converted into a number of useful products, including β-amino acids.