New insights on the mechanism of the transition-metal stereoselective olefin cyclopropanation

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 6771-6779

  Soriano, Elena ^a   Marco Contelles, José ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS ALBERTO SOLS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA ORGÁNICA GENERAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cyclopropanation; Metallocarbenoids; Reaction mechanisms; Stereoselectivity; Transition metals

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLATION; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ESTERS; HYDROCARBONS; OLEFINS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; STEREOSELECTIVITY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION METALS;

CYCLOPROPANATION; DFT CALCULATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATIONS; INTER-MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; LATE TRANSITION METALS; METALLOCARBENOIDS; OLEFIN CYCLOPROPANATION; REACTION MECHANISMS; STEREO-SELECTIVE; THEORETICAL ANALYSIS;

MECHANISMS;

CYCLOPROPANE; CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE; METAL;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM;

CATALYSIS; CYCLOPROPANES; METALS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 53849100313     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200800305     Document Type: Article

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