Table 3.
Stereospecific nickel-catalyzed cross coupling of vinyl-dioxanones 1a, 1b, 1d, 1h and 1f with B2(pin)2 to form cyclopropanes 3pā3t.a
Yields of material isolated by silica gel chromatography. All reactions were conducted using enantiomerically enriched starting materials. See Supporting Information for further experimental details.