These posts contain the computed potential energy surfaces for a fair few “text-book” reactions. Here I chart the course of the cyclopropanation of alkenes using the Simmons-Smith reagent,[cite]10.1021/ja01552a080[/cite] as prepared from di-iodomethane using zinc metal insertion into a C-I bond.
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Cyclopropanation: the mechanism of the Simmons–Smith reaction.
Sunday, December 14th, 2014Tags:computed potential energy surfaces, di-iodomethane using zinc metal insertion, Simmons
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