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CarbenoidIn chemistry a carbenoid is a reactive intermediate that shares reaction characteristics with a carbene [1]. In the Simmons-Smith reaction the carbenoid intermediate is a zinc / iodine complex that takes the form of
Additional recommended knowledgeThis complex reacts with an alkene to form a cyclopropane just as a carbene would do. Carbenoids appear as intermediates in many other reactions. In one system a carbenoid chloroalkyllithium reagent is prepared in situ from a sulfoxide and t-BuLi which reacts by an insertion reaction into the C-B bond of a pinacol boronic ester [2].
The enantiopurity of the chiral sulfoxide is preserved in the ultimate product after oxidation of the boronic ester to the alcohol indicating that a true carbene was never involved in the sequence.
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