Authors: Justin R. Denton, Kevin Chenga and Huw M. L. Davies
Chem. Commun.,
2008, 1238-1240
Nitrile-substituted cyclopropanes are readily synthesized in a stereocontrolled fashion from the intermolecular cyclopropanation between 2-diazo-2-phenylacetonitrile and electron-rich olefins, catalyzed by the chiral dirhodium complex, Rh2(S-PTAD)4.