title: Ruthenium- and platinum-catalyzed sequential reactions: selective synthesis of fused polycyclic compounds from propargylic alcohols and alkenes.
abstract: A simple method for the preparation of fused polycyclic compounds by an intramolecular cyclization of propargylic alcohols bearing an alkene moiety at a suitable position has been developed, where the presence of both Ru and Pt catalysts promotes a sequence of catalytic cycles in the same medium. This sequential system can be applied to an intermolecular reaction between a propargylic alcohol and an alkene to obtain the corresponding bicyclo[3,1,0]hex-2-ene derivative. These sequential reactions provide a conceptually new type of cycloaddition system between propargylic alcohols and alkenes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan. ynishiba@scl.kyoto-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yoshiaki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nishibayashi
authors.forename: Masato
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
authors.forename: Youichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inada
authors.forename: Masanobu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hidai
authors.forename: Sakae
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Uemura