Allene cross-metathesis: synthesis of 1,3-disubstituted allenes

M Ahmed; T Arnauld; AG Barrett; DC Braddock; K Flack; PA Procopiou

doi:10.1021/ol0055061

Allene cross-metathesis: synthesis of 1,3-disubstituted allenes

Org Lett. 2000 Feb 24;2(4):551-3. doi: 10.1021/ol0055061.

Authors

M Ahmed¹, T Arnauld, AG Barrett, DC Braddock, K Flack, PA Procopiou

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, UK.

PMID: 10814374
DOI: 10.1021/ol0055061

Abstract

[reaction: see text] Grubbs catalyst, Cl2(Cy3P)2Ru=CHPh, was found to catalyze the cross-metathesis of monosubstituted allenes to 1,3-disubstituted allenes in varying yields.