Reactions of 5-(allyloxymethyl)-and 5-(methallyloxymethyl)-5-ethyl-1,3-dioxanes with methyl diazoacetate catalyzed by Rh 2 (OAc) 4 or Cu(OTf) 2 in the presence of [bmim] + Clˉ, [bmim] + BF 4ˉ, and [bmim] + PF 6ˉ proceed regioselectively at the C=C bond and lead to the formation of the corresponding cyclopropane-containing 1,3-dioxanes in yields up to 62%.Catalytic reactions of saturated and 2-alkenyl-substituted 1,3-dioxolanes or their N-, S-heteroanalogs with alkyl diazoacetates are known to afford the 1,4-dioxane, morpholine, and oxathiane derivatives as a result of intramolecular rearrangement of the arising oxonium, ammonium, or sulfonium ylides [1,2]. In the reaction of N 2 CHCO 2 Me with 1,3-dioxanes in the presence of Rh 2 (OAc) 4 1,4-dioxepane derivatives were synthesized in up to 46% yields. The reaction of methoxycarbonylcarbene at the C-O bond occurs only with 1,3-dioxanes containing a phenyl substituent in the position 2 of the heterocycle [3]. At the same time the reaction of the linear allylacetals with diazocarbonyl compounds in the presence of Cu-or Rh-containing catalysts occurs nonselectively and leads to the formation both of the products of the alkoxycarbonylcarbene insertion into the C-O bond and of the corresponding cyclopropanation products of the double C=C bond [4,5].In this research we studied the reactions of 5-(allyloxymethyl)-and 5-(methallyloxymethyl)-5-ethyl-1,3-dioxanes (Ia, Ib) containing an allyl fragment in the position 5 of the heterocycle with N 2 CHCO 2 Me both in the presence of Rh 2 (OAc) 4 or Cu(OTf) 2 and also at the use of [bmim] + Clˉ, [bmim] + BF 4 , and [bmim] + PF 6 as cocatalysts.It was established that the application of Rh 2 (OAc) 4 or Cu(OTf) 2 in the reaction of 5-(allyloxymethyl)-5-ethyl-1,3-dioxane (Ia) with methyl diazoacetate in CH 2 Cl 2 or ClCH 2 CH 2 Cl at the molar ratio 1,3-dioxane-N 2 CHCO 2 Me-catalyst 1 : 1 : 0.01 was of low effi ciency. Methyl cyclopropanecarboxylate IIa formed in only 5% yield as a mixture of trans-and cis-isomers in the ratio 1 : 1 (Table 1). The addition of 1 mol% of [bmim] + BF 4ˉ results in the increase of the overall yield of ester IIa to 57% and to the change in the isomers ratio (trans-cis 2.5 : 1).