These posts contain the computed potential energy surfaces for a fair few “text-book” reactions. Here I chart the course of the cyclopropanation of alkenes using the Simmons-Smith reagent,[1] as prepared from di-iodomethane using zinc metal insertion into a C-I bond.
References
- H.E. Simmons, and R.D. Smith, "A NEW SYNTHESIS OF CYCLOPROPANES FROM OLEFINS", Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 80, pp. 5323-5324, 1958. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja01552a080