Simple Large-Scale Preparation of 3,3-Disubstituted Cyclopropenes: Easy Access to Stereodefined Cyclopropylmetals via Transition Metal-Catalyzed Hydrometalation

Abstract

3,3-Disubstituted cyclopropenes have been readily prepared in a multigram scale via two different methods: (1) dehydrohalogenation of bromocyclopropanes, and (2) Rh-catalyzed addition of carbenoids to trimethylsilylacetylene followed by desilylation. Highly diastereoselective­ Pd-catalyzed hydrostannation and highly enantioselective Rh-catalyzed hydroboration of 3,3-disubstituted cyclopro­penes afforded useful cyclopropylmetal building blocks in high yields.

Key words

cyclopropene - cyclopropane - hydrostannation - hydroboration - transition metal catalysis

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For transition metal-catalyzed 3-acyl- or 3-alkoxy-carbonylcyclopropene to furan isomerizations, see refs. [3c] [d] .