Chiral Imidazoles and Imidazole N-Oxides as Ligands for Stereoselective Cyclopropanation Reactions

Title: Chiral Imidazoles and Imidazole N-Oxides as Ligands for Stereoselective Cyclopropanation Reactions

Volume: 9 Issue: 2

Author(s): Grzegorz Mloston, Paulina Mucha and Heinz Heimgartner

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Keywords: Cyclopropanation, diazo compounds, imidazole N-oxides, styrene, cylopropane, stereoselective formation, chiral ligands, enantioselectivity, imidazole, thiones

Abstract: New, optically active ligands derived from imidazole were tested in the cyclopropanation reaction of styrene using ethyl diazoacetate and copper(I) triflate as a catalyst.

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Mloston Grzegorz, Mucha Paulina and Heimgartner Heinz, Chiral Imidazoles and Imidazole N-Oxides as Ligands for Stereoselective Cyclopropanation Reactions, Letters in Organic Chemistry 2012; 9 (2) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157017812800221735