Reaction Kinetics and Catalysis Letters, Vol.73, No.2, 217-222, 2001
Catalytic, asymmetric cyclopropanation of diephenylethene mediated by chiral copper-(Schiff base) complexes
Asymmetric cyclopropanation of diphenylethene with diazoacetates was catalyzed by new copper-(Schiff base) complexes. The effects of the substituents in substituted salicylaldehyde on the ee's were studied, and a 94.5% ee was achieved.