Irène Nicolas, T. Roisnel, P. L. Maux
Sep 9, 2009
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Tetrahedron Letters
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Abstract The asymmetric addition of diazoacetophenone to styrene derivatives to give optically active cyclopropyl ketones (ee up to 80%) was carried out using chiral iron porphyrins as homogeneous catalysts. Intermolecular N–H functionalization of anilines by means of carbenoid-induced N–H insertion was also possible but without enantioselectivity.