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Low catalyst loading in ring-closing metathesis reactions
Kadyrov, Renat
, p. 1002 - 1012 (2013)
An efficient procedure is described for ring-closing metathesis reactions. A conversion of 95 % for diethyl diallylmalonate in dilute solution could be achieved within a few minutes, reaching TOF=4173min-1, with very low loading of commercially available Ru catalysts that contained unsaturated NHC ligands. In general, only 50 to 250ppm of the catalyst is required to achieve near-quantitative conversion into a broad variety of 5-16-membered heterocyclic compounds. The practicality of this procedure was illustrated in the synthesis of 5-8-membered N-tert-butoxycarbonyl (N-Boc)- and N-para-toluenesulfonyl (N-Ts)-protected cyclic amines and 9-16-membered lactones. The synthesis of macrocyclic proline-based lactams required slightly higher catalyst loadings. Along with monocyclic products, oligomeric byproducts, mostly cyclodimers, were isolated and characterized. Getting some closure: An efficient procedure is described for ring-closing metathesis reactions in which only 50 to 250ppm of catalyst is required to effect almost-quantitative conversion into a broad range of 5-16-membered heterocyclic compounds. The practicality of this procedure was illustrated in the synthesis of 5-8-membered N-protected cyclic amines, 9-16-membered lactones, and 11-16-membered proline-based lactams. Copyright
