Stoichiometric Regio- and Stereoselective Oxidative Coupling Reactions of Conjugated Dienes with Ruthenium(0). A Mechanistic Insight into the Origin of Selectivity

Hirano, MasafumiSakate, YumikoKomine, NobuyukiKomiya, SanshiroWang, Xian-qiBennett, Martin2015-12-100002-7863http://hdl.handle.net/1885/58243Treatment of [Ru(η6-C10H8) (η4-1,5-COD)] (1) with excess butadiene at room temperature produces supine,prone-[Ru(η3:η3-2,6-octadiene-1,8- diyl)( η4-1,5-COD)] (supine,prone-2). Similar treatment of 1 with isoprene and (E)-and (Z)-1,3-pentadiene also gKeywords: Conjugated dienes; Low temperatures; NMR studies; Octadiene; Oxidative coupling reactions; Oxidative couplings; Pentadiene; Room temperature; Stereo-selective; Olefins; Ruthenium; Stereochemistry; ButadieneStoichiometric Regio- and Stereoselective Oxidative Coupling Reactions of Conjugated Dienes with Ruthenium(0). A Mechanistic Insight into the Origin of Selectivity201110.1021/om100956f2016-02-24