Issue 17, 2001
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Chemical Communications

Bidentate carbenoid ester coordination in ruthenium(ii) Schiff-base complexes leading to excellent levels of diastereo- and enantioselectivity in catalytic alkene cyclopropanationElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: experimental and theoretical details, structures of [RuL1(CH3CN)2] and [RuL1(η2-CHCO2Et)] (.pdb). CCDC 167600. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b1/b104964j/

Ian J. Munslow,a   Kevin M. Gillespie,a   Robert J. Deetha  and  Peter Scott*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
E-mail: peter.scott@warwick.ac.uk

Abstract

Exceptionally high stereoselectivity (ee ⩽ 98%, dr ⩽ 99∶1) in the cyclopropanation of alkenes with ethyl diazoacetate using a non-planar ruthenium(II) Schiff-base precatalyst is a result of η2C,O binding of the carbenoid ester intermediate, according to DFT calculations.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B104964J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
05 Jun 2001
Accepted
12 Jul 2001
First published
14 Aug 2001

Chem. Commun., 2001, 1638-1639

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Bidentate carbenoid ester coordination in ruthenium(II) Schiff-base complexes leading to excellent levels of diastereo- and enantioselectivity in catalytic alkene cyclopropanation

I. J. Munslow, K. M. Gillespie, R. J. Deeth and P. Scott, Chem. Commun., 2001, 1638 DOI: 10.1039/B104964J

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