Catalytic ring expansion, contraction, and metathesis-polymerization of cycloalkanes.
Tandem dehydrogenation-olefin-metathesis catalyst systems, comprising a pincer-ligated iridium-based alkane dehydrogenation catalyst and a molybdenum-based olefin-metathesis catalyst, are reported to effect the metathesis-cyclooligomerization of cyclooctane and cyclodecane to give cycloalkanes with various carbon numbers, predominantly multiples of the substrate carbon number, and polymers.
Ahuja
Ritu
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Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
Kundu
Sabuj
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Goldman
Alan S
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Brookhart
Maurice
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Vicente
Brian C
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Scott
Susannah L
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