title: Ring closing enyne metathesis: control over mode selectivity and stereoselectivity.
abstract: Ring closing enyne metathesis to form 10-15-membered rings was achieved by using a tartrate-derived linker to attach ene and yne subunits. The exo/endo selectivity of the ring closure reaction of these substrates was found to be a function of ring size, whereby larger rings (12-15) give endo-products selectively, while smaller rings (5-11) give exo-products. The E/Z selectivity of the resultant macrocyclic 1,3-dienes was not predictable except for 10- and 11-membered rings. However, both the exo/endo-mode selectivity of the ring closure and the E/Z selectivity of the 1,3-dienes were improved by performing these reactions under ethylene atmosphere. The presence of ethylene induces a selective cross metathesis between the alkyne moiety and ethylene to generate an acyclic 1,3-diene which can undergo ring closing diene metathesis between the isolated olefin and the distal monosubstituted double bond of the 1,3-diene to generate exclusively the endo-product with high E-selectivity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
authors.forename: Eric C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: Daesung
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000480:Alkynes / Q000737:chemistry*; D003500:Cyclization; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D000480:Alkynes