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Investigations of the scope and mechanism of the tandem hydroesterification/lactonization reaction
Wang, Lijun,Floreancig, Paul E.
, p. 4207 - 4210 (2007/10/03)
(Chemical Equation Presented) Heating allylic and homoallylic alcohols and 2-pyridylmethyl formate in the presence of Ru3(CO)12 initiates a tandem sequence of hydroesterification and lactonization. Mechanistic studies suggest that regioselectivity and overall reaction efficiency are governed by the relative rates of reductive elimination and β-hydride elimination for the alkylruthenium intermediates.