Metal-Catalyzed Rearrangement of enantiomerically Pure Alkylidenecyclopropane Derivatives as a New access to Cyclobutenes Possessing Quaternary stereocenters

Abstract:

Pd(II)- and Pt(II)-catalyzed ring-expansion of enantiomerically pure alkylidenecyclopropane derivatives leads to the formation of cyclobutene species with a complete preservation of the stereogenic center.