start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=21 cd-vols= no-issue=8 article-no= start-page=2668 end-page=2672 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2019 dt-pub=20190404 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Chromium-Mediated Stannylcyclopropanation of Alkenes with (Diiodomethyl)stannanes en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=A stannyl-group-substituted gem-dichromiomethane species, generated in situ from CrCl2, TMEDA, and tributyl(diiodomethyl)stannane, worked as an efficient stannylcarbene equivalent to promote cyclopropanation of alkenes. The reaction provided synthetically useful stannylcyclopropanes directly from commercially available unactivated alkenes without using potentially flammable alkylzinc and diazo compounds. Structural characterization of stannyl- and germyl-group-substituted gem-dichromiomethane complexes and the effect of group 14 elements containing substituents for cyclopropanation are also described. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=MuraiMasahito en-aut-sei=Murai en-aut-mei=Masahito kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=TaniguchiRyuji en-aut-sei=Taniguchi en-aut-mei=Ryuji kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=MizutaChisato en-aut-sei=Mizuta en-aut-mei=Chisato kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=TakaiKazuhiko en-aut-sei=Takai en-aut-mei=Kazuhiko kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University kn-affil= affil-num=2 en-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University kn-affil= affil-num=3 en-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University kn-affil= affil-num=4 en-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University kn-affil= en-keyword=chromium(II)-mediate synthesis kn-keyword=chromium(II)-mediate synthesis en-keyword=stereoselective-synthesis kn-keyword=stereoselective-synthesis en-keyword=e-alkenylstannanes kn-keyword=e-alkenylstannanes en-keyword=redox system kn-keyword=redox system en-keyword=cyclopropanation kn-keyword=cyclopropanation en-keyword=aldehydes kn-keyword=aldehydes en-keyword=reagents kn-keyword=reagents en-keyword=cyclopropenes kn-keyword=cyclopropenes en-keyword=reactivity kn-keyword=reactivity en-keyword=reduction kn-keyword=reduction END