1. For the synthesis of MCPs, see:
2. Synthesis of Methylene- and Alkylidenecyclopropane Derivatives
3. A. de Meijere (Ed.), Methods of Organic Chemistry: Carbocyclic Three-Membered Ring Compounds(Houben-Weyl), Thieme, Stuttgart, 1996 , vol. E 17a-c.
4. Transition Metal-Catalyzed Reactions of Methylenecyclopropanes
5. Three types of ring-opening reaction of MCPs have been disclosed (see ref.[4a]). For the ring opening of MCPs by type I, see: