title: Scope and limitations of 1,3,5-hexatriene derivatives in regioselective cobalt-catalyzed reactions.
abstract: Applications of 1,3,5-hexatriene derivatives in atom-economic cobalt-catalyzed transformations, such as the Diels-Alder reaction with alkynes, the 1,4-hydrovinylation reaction with terminal alkenes, and the 1,4-hydrohexatrienylation reaction, are investigated. In all cases, regioselective transformations were found to generate cyclic derivatives such as stilbenes or acyclic products with a high control of the double bond geometry in the skipped trienes derived from the 1,4-hydrovinylation process or the tetraenes generated in the so far unprecedented 1,4-hydrohexatrienylation reaction.
authors.affiliation: Fachbereich Chemie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse, 35043 Marburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Anastasia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hilt