Ethyl diazoacetate → Cyclopropanecarboxylic acid, 2-(3-methoxyphenyl)-, ethyl ester

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To a mixture of 1-methoxy-3-vinylbenzene (3.10 g, 23.1 mmol) and dioxomethane-diheptylrhodium (4:2) (0.090 g, 0.12 mmol) in DCM (100 mL) under an atmosphere of argon at rt was added a solution of ethyl diazoacetate (1.22 mL, 11.6 mmol) in DCM (6 mL) dropwise via syringe. The reaction mixture as allowed to stir at rt for 2 h and then concentrated. The residue was purified by column chromatography to give the desired product (1.63 g) as a mixture of cis and trans isomers, along with recovered starting material (1.50 g). LCMS: (FA) ES+ 221.2 (M+1).

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