cyclopropanation

English

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-redup.

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos

Proto-Hellenic *kʷókʷlos

Proto-Hellenic *kúklos

Ancient Greek κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos)der.

Late Latin cyclusbor.

Middle English cicle

English cycle

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Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Hellenic *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)

Ancient Greek κυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)bor.

Classical Latin cyclicuslbor.

Middle French cyclique

French cycliquebor.

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Classical Latin cyclicusbor.

English cyclic

English cyclo-

English propane

English cyclopropane

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin -ātiōlbor.

Old French -ationbor.

Middle English -acioun

English -ation

English cyclopropanation

cyclopropanation (plural cyclopropanations)

(organic chemistry) Any reaction that introduces a cyclopropane ring into a compound.
Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich
In summary, the cyclopropanation reaction of rhodium-stabilized vinylcarbenoids has great utility since it is highly diastereoselective, and the resulting vinylcyclopropanes are versatile synthetic intermediates.