This short review is dedicated to Prof. Alain Krief on the occasion of his 80th birthday.
Abstract
Halodiazirines have emerged as very useful reagents in photochemically or thermally
mediated cyclopropanation reactions with alkenes. This short review highlights the
synthetic applications of these reagents as precursors of halocarbenes in transformations
with various alkenes.
1 Introduction
2 Cyclopropanation of Aryl Halodiazirines
3 Tandem Reactions Using Aryl Halodiazirines
4 Cyclopropanation of Alkyl- and Benzyl-halodiazirines
5 Cyclopropanation of Other Halodiazirines
6 Reactions of Halodiazirines with Alkynes
7 Conclusion and Outlook
Key words
diazirines - carbenes - cycloaddition - cyclopropanes - photochemistry