A transformation of cyclopropyl carbene: A highly enantioselective three-component reaction via trapping oxonium ylide by imine

  • Mingfeng Li
  • , Qing Zheng
  • , Weifeng Jin
  • , Shunying Liu*
  • , Wenhao Hu
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A transformation of cyclopropyl carbene generated from 2-cyclopropyl-2-diazoacetate via oxonium ylide was found by trapping the resulting ylide with imine. The asymmetric three-component reaction of cycloproyl diazoacetates, benzenemethanols and imines afforded a rapid and efficient method to synthesize complex cyclopropane derivatives with excellent diastereoselectivity and enantioselectivity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2929-2934
Number of pages6
JournalTetrahedron
Volume72
Issue number22
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Jun 2016

Keywords

  • Asymmetric catalysis
  • Diazocyclopropane
  • Metal carbene
  • Oxonium ylide
  • Three-component reaction

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