Chemistry Letters, Vol.31, No.3, 294-295, 2002
Ruthenium-mediated domino sequence forming six-membered ring diene from ene-yne and alkene
A new domino reaction is developed in which a six-membered ring diene is formed in a regio- and stereoselective manner from an ene-yne and an alkene through the mediation of a ruthenium complex.