Highly chemoselective reactions of zirconacyclopentenes for selective functionalization
Abstract
Alcoholysis of zirconacyclopentenes proceeds at the alkyl carbon on Zr with high chemoselectivity in sharp contrast to monoiodination of Zirconacyclopentenes with iodine; alcoholysis followed by iodination of Zirconacyclopentenes produces stereodefined trisubstituted alkenyl iodides in high yields with high isomeric purities.