Cobalt carbaporphyrin-catalyzed cyclopropanationElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Experimental procedures for the catalytic reactions and crystal data and structure refinement parameters for CoII(NCTTP)py and CoII(N-MeNCTTP)py. CCDC 790334and 790335. For ESI and crystallographic data in CIF or other electronic format see DOI: 10.1039/c0cc03894f

Cobalt complexes of N-confused porphyrins and benziphthalocyanine, which both feature organometallic bonds at the macrocycle cores, catalyze the cyclopropanation of styrene with a higher trans-selectivity than the corresponding porphyrin and phthalocyanine complexes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]