RCM-mediated synthesis of trifluoromethyl-containing nitrogen heterocycles

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo060893z

(Chemical Equation Presented) A ring-closing metathesis mediated pathway to trifluoromethyl-containing piperidines is detailed. This involves the development of a synthetic route to a new (trifluoromethyl)allylating reagent via a Diels-Alder/retro-Diels-Alder strategy, its application in the synthesis of a series of trifluormethyl-substituted diolefin recursors for ring-closing metathesis, and eventually the successful cyclization of these precursor molecules into the corresponding functionalized piperidines.