On the mechanism of the copper-catalyzed cyclopropanation reaction |
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Authors: | Rasmussen Torben Jensen Jakob F Ostergaard Niels Tanner David Ziegler Tom Norrby Per-Ola |
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Institution: | Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby. |
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Abstract: | The selectivity-determining step in enantioselective copper-catalyzed cyclopropanation with diazo compounds has been studied by experimental and computational methods. The addition of the very reactive metallacarbene intermediate in an early transition state to the substrate alkene is concerted but strongly asynchronous, with substantial cationic character on one alkene carbon in the neighborhood of the transition state. Evidence from isotope effects and Hammett studies supports the nature of the transition state. Formation of a metallacyclobutane intermediate by a 2+2] addition is kinetically disfavored. Ligand-substrate interactions influencing the enantio- and diastereoselectivity have been identified, and the preferred orientation of the alkene substrate during the addition is suggested. |
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