Synthesis of Highly Functionalized Enantiopure Halocyclopropanes Derived from Carbohydrates

The authors acknowledge financial support from the Spanish Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad (MINECO) (grant numbers CTQ2010-14959, MAT2006-01997, MAT2010-15094 and Factoria de Cristalizacion Consolider Ingenio 2010), the Portuguese Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT), the European Union (EU), Quadro de Referencia Estrategico Nacional (QREN), Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional (FEDER) and Programa Operacional Tematico Factores de Competitividade (COMPETE) (project PEst-C/QUI/UI0062/2011). C. C. and V. d. A. thank the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion (MICINN) for a Juan de la Cierva and Ramon y Cajal contract. A. D. P. thanks the Universidad de Oviedo for a predoctoral fellowship, and R. S. thanks the FCT for an “Investigador Auxiliar” position.