Divergent outcomes of carbene transfer reactions from dirhodium- and copper-based catalysts separately or in combination

The use of copper and rhodium catalysts separately and in combination directs reactions between vinyldiazoacetates 3 and cinnamaldehydes 2 to from formal [4+3]-cycloaddition (epoxidation followed by Cope rearrangement), intramolecular cyclopropanation, and Mukaiyama-aldol reactions selectively and in high yield.