Cobalt carbaporphyrin-catalyzed cyclopropanation

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Jan 14;47(2):749-51. doi: 10.1039/c0cc03894f. Epub 2010 Nov 11.

Abstract

Cobalt complexes of N-confused porphyrins and benziphthalocyanine, which both feature organometallic bonds at the macrocycle cores, catalyze the cyclopropanation of styrene with a higher trans-selectivity than the corresponding porphyrin and phthalocyanine complexes.