Umpolung of donor-acceptor cyclopropanes via N-heterocyclic carbene organic catalysis

Nie, GH; Huang, X; Wang, ZY; Pan, DW; Zhang, JM; Chi, YR

Chi, YR (corresponding author), Guizhou Univ, Lab Breeding Base Green Pesticide & Agr Bioengn, Key Lab Green Pesticide & Agr Bioengn, Minist Educ, Guiyang 550025, Peoples R China.; Chi, YR (corresponding author), Nanyang Technol Univ, Sch Phys & Math Sci, Div Chem & Biol Chem, Singapore 637371, Singapore.

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS, 2021; 8 (18): 5105

Abstract

A carbene-catalyzed formal umpolung of donor-acceptor (D-A) cyclopropanes is disclosed. The cyclopropane moiety is connected to an acetyl aldehyde tha......

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