Ethyl diazoacetate → Ethyl 2-(4-chlorophenyl)cyclopropanecarboxylate

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To a mixture of 4-chlorostyrene (1.20 ml, 10.0 mmol), Rh2(OAc)4 (0.221 g, 0.500 mmol), and toluene (20 ml) was added ethyl diazoacetate (1.09 ml, 10.50 mmol). Gas evolution was observed. The mixture was heated to 80° C. for 1 hour. The mixture was purified on silica gel (EtOAc in hexanes gradient) to provide 0.216 g of the title compound as an oil (9%).

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