Acceptor/acceptor-substituted diazo reagents for carbene transfers: Cobalt-catalyzed asymmetric Z-cyclopropanation of alkenes with a-nitrodiazoacetates

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 44, 2008, Pages 8460-8463

  Zhu, Shifa ^a   Perman, Jason A ^a   Zhang, X Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric catalysis; Carbenes; Cobalt; Cyclopropanation; Nitroesters; Porphyrinoids

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COBALT; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; HYDROCARBONS; OLEFINS; PORPHYRINS; PROPANE;

ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; CARBENES; CYCLOPROPANATION; NITROESTERS; PORPHYRINOIDS;

TRANSITION METALS;

EID: 54249096882     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200803857     Document Type: Article

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