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HRID 1294366Generated: October 25, 2026

Lithium Hydroxide → (1R,2R)-2-(4-bromophenyl)Cyclopropanecarboxylic acid

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantLithium HydroxideHCID 3939—
Reactant4-BromostyreneHCID 16263—
ReactantDiazoacetateHCID 21863207—
Reactantethyl (1R,2R)-2-(4-bromophenyl)cyclopropanecarboxylateHCID 66578655—
Product(1R,2R)-2-(4-bromophenyl)Cyclopropanecarboxylic acidHCID 12586658—
Productethyl (1R,2S)-2-(4-bromophenyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxylateHCID 66578128—

Reaction Steps

Another alternative is an enantioselective cyclopropanation using for example a bis-oxazoline chiral ligand/copper complex and diazoacetate (Evans et al. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1991, 113, 726) to prepare optically active ethyl 2-(trans)-(4-bromophenyl)cyclopropanecarboxylate from 4-bromostyrene. Selective hydrolysis of the mixture of cis and trans isomer with LiOH (1 eq based on the trans ester) gave 2-(trans)-(4-bromophenyl)cyclopropanecarboxylic acid and ethyl 2-(cis)-(4-bromophenyl)cyclopropanecarboxylate which can be used in EXAMPLE 8.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS07238706B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2007_07
ORD IDord-3304206f5dce4347b5e856e4819413d0
Source noteuspto-grants-2007_07