Dihalocarbene complexes metal-carbon bond

The formation of dihalocarbene is one of the most useful phase-transfer processes developed in organic chemistry. The dihalocarbenes, once generated from haloform and base, can undergo addition or insertion reactions (3, 11, 12). If the double bond is complexed to a metal, addition by the carbene will not occur, but rather insertion into a saturated carbon-hydrogen bond will take place. 

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