Synthesis of Substituted 1,3-Dienes by the Reaction of Alkenylsulfonyl Chlorides with Olefins Catalyzed by a Ruthenium(II) Complex

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/bcsj.61.1231

Alkenylsulfonyl chlorides reacted with vinylarenes in the presence of a catalytic amount of dichlorotris(triphenylphosphine)ruthenium(II) to give substituted adducts, which were dehydrochlorinated and desulfonylated successively to form substituted (E,E)-1,3-dienes in good yield.