Preparation of Macrocyclic

The first examples of catalyst-controlled stereoselective macrocyclic ring-closing metathesis reactions that generate Z-enoates as well as (E,Z)- or (Z,E)-dienoates are disclosed. Reactions promoted by 3.0–10 mol % of a Mo-based monoaryloxide pyrrolide complex proceed to completion within 2–6 h at r...

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Main Authors: Zhang, Hanmo, Yu, Elsie C., Torker, Sebastian, Hoveyda, Amir H., Schrock, Richard Royce
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Chemical Society (ACS) 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/109542
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5827-3552
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Summary:The first examples of catalyst-controlled stereoselective macrocyclic ring-closing metathesis reactions that generate Z-enoates as well as (E,Z)- or (Z,E)-dienoates are disclosed. Reactions promoted by 3.0–10 mol % of a Mo-based monoaryloxide pyrrolide complex proceed to completion within 2–6 h at room temperature. The desired macrocycles are formed in 79:21 to >98:2 Z/E selectivity; stereoisomerically pure products can be obtained in 43–75% yield after chromatography. Utility is demonstrated by application to a concise formal synthesis of the natural product (+)-aspicilin.