title: A dinuclear ruthenium catalyst with a confined cavity: selectivity in the addition of aliphatic carboxylic acids to phenylacetylene.
abstract: A dinuclear ruthenium catalyst with a rigid anthracene spacer shows excellent regio- and stereo-selectivity in the atom-economic addition of aliphatic carboxylic acids to phenylacetylene, producing exclusively anti-Markovnikov enol-esters with high E/Z ratios of the isomers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology and the State Key Laboratory of Chirosciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hunghom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: Kwong-Chak
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Cheung
authors.forename: Wing-Leung
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Ming-Him
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: So
authors.forename: Zhong-Yuan
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Siu-Cheong
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Kwok-Yin
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Wong