Authors: Huw M.L Davies, Douglas G Stafford, Tore Hansen, Melvyn Rowen Churchill, Kim M Keil
Tetrahedron Lett.,
2000, 41, 13, 2035-2038
Rhodium prolinate catalyzed reactions of diazocarbonyls with cycloheptatriene are very dependent on the carbenoid structure and can result in either cyclopropanation, C–H insertion or a combined C–H insertion Cope rearrangement.