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Carbonyl-Olefin Metathesis Catalyzed by Molecular Iodine
Tran, Uyen P. N.,Oss, Giulia,Breugst, Martin,Detmar, Eric,Pace, Domenic P.,Liyanto, Kevin,Nguyen, Thanh V.
, p. 912 - 919 (2019)
The carbonyl-olefin metathesis reaction could facilitate rapid functional group interconversion and allow construction of complicated organic structures. Herein, we demonstrate that elemental iodine, a very simple catalyst, can efficiently promote this chemical transformation under mild reaction conditions. Our mechanistic studies revealed intriguing aspects of the activation mode via molecular iodine and the iodonium ion that could change the previously established perception of catalyst and substrate design for the carbonyl-olefin metathesis reaction.
Tropylium-promoted carbonyl-olefin metathesis reactions
Tran, Uyen P.N.,Oss, Giulia,Pace, Domenic P.,Ho, Junming,Nguyen, Thanh V.
, p. 5145 - 5151 (2018/06/21)
The carbonyl-olefin metathesis (COM) reaction is a highly valuable chemical transformation in a broad range of applications. However, its scope is much less explored compared to analogous olefin-olefin metathesis reactions. Herein we demonstrate the use of tropylium ion as a new effective organic Lewis acid catalyst for both intramolecular and intermolecular COM and new ring-opening metathesis reactions. This represents a significant improvement in substrate scope from recently reported developments in this field.
