Authors: Huw M.L Davies, Abbas M Walji, Robert J Townsend
Tetrahedron Lett.,
2002, 43, 28, 4981-4983
Dirhodium tetraprolinate catalyzed reaction of methyl thiophen-3-yldiazoacetate results in intermolecular allylic C–H activation by means of rhodium carbenoid induced C–H insertion. The reaction with 1,4-cyclohexadiene was applied to the asymmetric synthesis of (+)-cetiedil.