Syntheses of cyclohexenone derivatives by the ruthenium complex-catalysed reactions of allylic compounds with β-keto esters

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(94)24751-4

Allylic compounds such as allyl alcohols and allylamines react with two equivalent moles of acetoacetates in the presence of a catalytic amount of Ru(cod)(cot) (cod = cycloocta-1,5-diene; cot = cycloocta-1,3,5-triene) at 100 deg C for 5 h to give cyclohexenone derivatives in high yields.Keywords: Ruthenium; Allyl; Cyclohexane; Catalyst; Alcohol; Amine