The first enantiospecific cis-cyclopropanationreaction involving a chiral-at-carbene-ligand complexwas developed by utilizing the carbene complex
S- or
R-Cp(CO)
2Fe=CH[
6-(
o-CH
3C
6H
4)Cr(CO)
3]
+ (
6). Low-temperature NMR studies indicate that the ratio of synto anti isomer of the carbene is related to the enantioselectivity of cyclopropanation and lead to the design of
6, which occurs exclusively in the anti conformation.