A tandem catalytic reaction has been developed as part of a process to discover tungsten-based olefin metathesis catalysts that have a strong preference for terminal olefins over cis or trans internal isomers in olefin metathesis. This tandem isomerization/terminal olefin metathesis reaction (ISOMET) converts Cn trans internal olefins into C2n−2 cis olefins and ethylene. This reaction is made p...

A convenient synthesis of a series new ?-fluoroalkoxyvinyl aldehydes and their corresponding alcohols from ?-chloro-?,?-unsaturated was developed. The etherification reaction the carbonyl reduction were successfully achieved, affording desired products in good yields. mechanism nucleophilic vinylic substitution 3-chloro-3-phenylacrylaldehyde has been studied using DFT methods. IRC analysis show...

Catalytic amounts of Co(Sal(tBu,tBu))Cl and organosilane irreversibly isomerize terminal alkenes by one position. The same catalysts effect cycloisomerization of dienes and retrocycloisomerization of strained rings. Strong Lewis bases like amines and imidazoles, and labile functionalities like epoxides, are tolerated.

Page 16788 and Supporting Information page SI-4. Entry 13 was inadvertently omitted from Table 1 and S.I. Table 1. This entry suggests mechanistic overlap between our alkene isomerization and hydrogen atom transfer radical polymer-ization, more so than entry 12 alone. The complete S.I. Table 1 is shown below. This is an open access article published under an ACS AuthorChoice License, which perm...

Copper(I) halides are employed as ‘phosphine sponges’ to sequester phosphor-ylides when using phosphine-based Grubb’s metathesis catalysis in polar protic solvents and under heat. These cuprous halides are hypothesized to significantly slow the formation of the ruthenium hydride olefin isomerization catalyst. We demonstrate their use in both cross metathesis and ring-closing metathesis.