Journal of the American Chemical Society

Ruthenium-catalyzed cycloisomerizations of diynols

BM Trost, MT Rudd

Index: Trost, Barry M.; Rudd, Michael T. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2005 , vol. 127, # 13 p. 4763 - 4776

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Citation Number: 117

Abstract

A wide variety of diynols containing tertiary, secondary, and primary propargylic alcohols undergo a cycloisomerization reaction to form dienones and dienals in the presence of a catalytic amount of [CpRu (CH3CN) 3] PF6. The formation of five-and six-membered rings is possible using this methodology. Secondary diynols react to form single geometrical isomeric dienones and-als. Primary diynols undergo a cycloisomerization as well as a ...