title: Study on the reactivity of the alkene component in ruthenium-catalyzed [2 + 2] cycloadditions between an alkene and an alkyne. Part 1.
abstract: [reaction: see text] The ruthenium-catalyzed [2 + 2] cycloadditions of 7-substituted norbornadienes with an alkyne have been investigated. The cycloadditions were found to be highly regio- and stereoselective, giving only the anti-exo cycloadducts as the single regio- and stereoisomers in good yields. The results on the relative rate of different 7-substituted norbornadienes in the Ru-catalyzed [2 + 2] cycloadditions with an alkyne indicated that the reactivity of the alkene component decreases dramatically as the alkene becomes more electron deficient.
authors.affiliation: Guelph-Waterloo Centre for Graduate Work in Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1.
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Jordan
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Tam