The Furkawa procedure is one method of obtaining a reagent used in this reaction, though the Emschwiller method of obtaining that reagent is more commonly used.
The Furkawa procedure is one method of obtaining a reagent used in this reaction, though the Emschwiller method of obtaining that reagent is more commonly used. Wittig's modification of this reaction uses diazomethane to generate the namesake reagent, and if the receiving molecule of this reaction has a hydroxyl group in the allylic position, the new functional group is added in the same plane as the OH group. It does not see the formation of a full carbene, and it involves the cis addition of a certain functional group to the less (*) hindered face of a molecule. An activated copper is used to produce the iodo-methyl zinc iodide used in this reaction which adds onto the alkene in a stereospecific manner. For 10 points, identify this doubly eponymous reaction which sees the conversion of an alkene into a cyclopropane, undoubtedly the most important organo-zinc based reaction.
The Furkawa procedure is one method of obtaining a reagent used in this reaction, though the Emschwiller method of obtaining that reagent is more commonly used.
{Simmons}-{Smith} reaction