Formation of five- and six-membered α,β-unsaturated lactones through ring-closing metathesis of functionalized acrylates. applications to synthesis of natural products

Current Organic Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 2654-2677

  Bassetti, Mauro ^a   D'Annibale, Andrea ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Butenolides; Homogeneous catalysis; Lactones; Natural products; Olefin metathesis; Pentenolides; Ruthenium carbene catalysts

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; CATALYSIS; ESTERS; MOLECULES; OLEFINS; RUTHENIUM; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); UNSATURATED COMPOUNDS; UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

BUTENOLIDES; HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS; LACTONE; NATURAL PRODUCTS; OLEFIN METATHESIS; PENTENOLIDES; RING CLOSING METATHESIS; RUTHENIUM CARBENE CATALYST; RUTHENIUM CARBENES; ]+ CATALYST;

CATALYSTS;

EID: 84893158885     PISSN: 13852728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/13852728113179990112     Document Type: Article

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