Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.126, No.49, 16066-16072, 2004
Ruthenium- and platinum-catalyzed sequential reactions: Selective synthesis of fused polycyclic compounds from propargylic alcohols and alkenes
A simple method for the preparation of fused polycyclic compounds by an intramolecular cyclization of propargylic alcohols bearing an alkene moiety at a suitable position has been developed, where the presence of both Ru and Pt catalysts promotes a sequence of catalytic cycles in the same medium. This sequential system can be applied to an intermolecular reaction between a propargylic alcohol and an alkene to obtain the corresponding bicyclo[3,1,0]hex-2-ene derivative. These sequential reactions provide a conceptually new type of cycloaddition system between propargylic alcohols and alkenes.