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Chem. Commun., 2009, 7116 - 7118, DOI: 10.1039/b918818e


Iron-catalyzed addition of Grignard reagents to activated vinyl cyclopropanes

Benjamin D. Sherry and Alois Fürstner


A highly regioselective iron-catalyzed addition of branched primary, secondary or tertiary alkyl Grignard reagents to activated vinyl cyclopropanes is described, which likely proceeds by a direct addition mechanism as opposed to single electron transfer or an iron-allyl based process.

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