title: Development of isomerization and cycloisomerization with use of a ruthenium hydride with N-heterocyclic carbene and its application to the synthesis of heterocycles.
abstract: A pure ruthenium hydride complex with N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligand was efficiently generated from the reaction of a second-generation Grubbs ruthenium catalyst with vinyloxytrimethylsilane and unambiguously characterized. This ruthenium hydride complex showed high catalytic activity for the selective isomerization of terminal olefin and for the cycloisomerization of 1,6-dienes. These reactions of N-allyl-o-vinylaniline lead to novel synthetic methods for heterocycles such as indoles and 3-methylene-2,3-dihydroindoles, which are useful synthons for bioactive natural products. These procedures address an important issue in diversity-oriented synthesis.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522 Japan. arisawa@pharm.hokudai.ac.jp
authors.forename: Mitsuhiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arisawa
authors.forename: Yukiyoshi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Terada
authors.forename: Kazuyuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Masako
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nishida
mesh_terms: D006571:Heterocyclic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D006838:Hydrocarbons / Q000737:chemistry; D007536:Isomerism; D008697:Methane / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D012428:Ruthenium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D006571:Heterocyclic Compounds; D006838:Hydrocarbons; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; C030011:carbene; D012428:Ruthenium; D008697:Methane