[reaction: see text] Effective synthetic uses of bisdiazocarbonyl compounds for the selective construction of diverse macrocycles, including the synthesis of patulolides A and B, by catalytic "carbene dimer" formation are reported. Control of stereochemistry and efficient methods for product isomerization or kinetic isomer differentiation have been achieved.
Difluorinated ligands from azetidinone‐4‐carboxylates and pyrrolidinone‐5‐carboxylate have been prepared, substituted onto dirhodium(II), and the reactivities and selectivities of the resulting catalysts have been examined. The fluorinated catalysts exhibit enhanced reactivity towards diazo decomposition but diminished enantioselectivities for cyclopropanation. Selectivity for ylide formation and rearrangement or Si‐H insertion is enhanced or similar to that with unfluorinated analogues.
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