Estabilidad, reactividad, solución y estructura en estado sólido de los alcóxidos de halometilzinco.

A B Charette1, C Molinaro, C Brochu

  • 1Département de Chimie, Université de Montréal, P.O. 6128, Station Downtown, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3J7.

Resumen

Desarrollamos una ciclopropanación catalizada por ácido de Lewis de alcoholes alílicos utilizando bis (iodometil) zinc. Este método sintetiza de manera eficiente los ciclopropanos, superando las limitaciones de las reacciones no catalizadas y allanando el camino para la síntesis enantioselectiva.

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