title: Synthesis of substituted pyridines and pyridazines via ring closing metathesis.
abstract: RCM can be used to make aromatic heterocycles, namely pyridines and, for the first time, pyridazines; the key step after RCM involves elimination of sulfinate to provide the aromatic system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Chemistry Research Laboratory, Oxford, UK OX1 3TA. timothy.donohoe@chem.ox.ac.uk
authors.forename: Timothy J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Donohoe
authors.forename: Lisa P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Fishlock
authors.forename: José A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Basutto
authors.forename: John F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Bower
authors.forename: Panayiotis A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Procopiou
authors.forename: Amber L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Thompson
mesh_terms: D003500:Cyclization; D011724:Pyridazines / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D011725:Pyridines / Q000138:chemical synthesis*
chemical_list: D011724:Pyridazines; D011725:Pyridines