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SUBMITTER: Piou T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4140504 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20140805 32
N-Enoxyphthalimides undergo a Rh(III)-catalyzed C-H activation initiated cyclopropanation of electron deficient alkenes. The reaction is proposed to proceed via a directed activation of the olefinic C-H bond followed by two migratory insertions, first across the electron-deficient alkene and then by cyclization back onto the enol moiety. A newly designed isopropylcyclopentadienyl ligand drastically improves yield and diastereoselectivity. ...[more]