Chemistry Letters, Vol.40, No.10, 1077-1078, 2011
A Cycloalkane-based Thermomorphic System for Organocatalytic Cyclopropanation Using Ammonium Ylides
Highly polar ammonium ylide intermediates derived from alpha-halocarbonyl compounds were successfully trapped by cycloalkane phase-tagged activated alkenes via a cycloalkane-based thermomorphic (CBT) process, which allows for facile product isolation using a single liquid liquid extraction step to effectively generate cyclopropane libraries in the cyclohexane phase.