Ruthenium Carbene Complexes with <i>N</i>,<i>N</i>‘-Bis(mesityl)imidazol-2-ylidene Ligands: RCM Catalysts of Extended Scope
作者:Alois Fürstner、Oliver R. Thiel、Lutz Ackermann、Hans-Jörg Schanz、Steven P. Nolan
DOI:10.1021/jo9918504
日期:2000.4.1
The ruthenium carbene complexes 3a,b bearing imidazol-2-ylidene ligands constitute excellent precatalysts for ring-closing metathesis (RCM) reactions allowing the formation of tri- and tetrasubstituted cycloalkenes. They also apply to annulations that are beyond the scope of the standard Grubbs carbene 1 as well as to ring-closing reactions of acrylic acid derivatives even if the resulting alpha,beta-unsaturated lactones (or lactams) are tri- or tetrasubstituted. The reactivity of 3a was found to be highly dependent on the reaction medium: particularly high reaction rates are observed in toluene, although this solvent also leads to an increased tendency of the catalyst to isomerize the double bonds of the substrates.
Unsaturated spiro-γ-lactone formation by the dissociative reduction of bromoacetates
作者:R.J. Kolt、D. Griller、D.D.M. Wayner
DOI:10.1016/s0040-4039(00)97292-7
日期:1990.1
Unsaturated spiro-gamma-butyrolactones can be prepared in good yields from bromoacetate precursors by a simple route that requires only 2-propanol as solvent and free radical initiation.
Rhodium carbonyl-catalyzed carbonylation of unsaturated compounds
作者:Pangbu Hong、Takaya Mise、Hiroshi Yamazaki
DOI:10.1016/0022-328x(91)86063-v
日期:1991.7
In the presence of Rh4(CO)12 catalyst modified with triphenylphosphine the cross-hydrocarbonylation of 1-alkyne (RC2H; R = Me, Et, (n)Pr, (n)Bu, and (t)Bu) and ethylene using 2-propanol as the hydrogen donor gives 3-alkyl-5-ethyl-2(5H)-furanone (4, 44-69%), along with a small amount of 4-alkyl-5-ethyl-2(5H)-furanone (5, 1-8%). When acetylene itself is used, gamma-caprolactone (6a), which is the hydrogenation product of the expected 5-ethyl-2(5H)-furanone (4a), is obtained. The yield of 6a depends on the nature of the phosphine employed and decreases in the following order: PR3 = P(C6H4F-p)3 > PPh3 > P(C6H4Me-p)3 > P(C6H4OMe-p)3 > PPh2Et > PPhEt2 > PEt3.
KOLT, R. J.;GRILLER, D.;WAYNER, D. D. M., TETRAHEDRON LETT, 31,(1990) N2, C. 7539-7540