Beth Moore (@bethmoore99.bsky.social)

Excited to announce that my first first author paper and also my first ever paper is finally published !!! Check it out below if you’re interested 🧪🥼 #chemsky #realtimechem pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

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Dichloromethyl(diaryl) Sulfonium Salts as gem-Dichlorocyclopropanation Reagents gem-Dichlorocyclopropanes are important structural moieties in a range of industrial sectors and have been the focus of considerable interest within the synthetic community over the years. Synthetic methodologies to access gem-dichlorocyclopropanes, however, remain limited. To address this challenge, we report the development of new dichloromethyl(diaryl) sulfonium salts as reagents for the gem-dichlorocyclopropanation of electron-rich olefins via a free dichlorocarbene pathway under mild conditions in yields of up to 70%. This methodology provides access to previously unreported gem-dichlorocyclopropanes. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.orglett.4c04717