Volume 41, Issue 17 pp. 3171-3174
Communication

Formal Vinyl CH Activation and Allylic Oxidation by Olefin Metathesis

Arnab K. Chatterjee

Arnab K. Chatterjee

Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Arnold and Mabel Beckman Laboratories for Chemical Synthesis California Institute of Technology Mail Code 164-30, Pasadena, CA 91125 (USA) Fax: (+1) 626-564-9297

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Robert H. Grubbs Prof. Dr.

Robert H. Grubbs Prof. Dr.

Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Arnold and Mabel Beckman Laboratories for Chemical Synthesis California Institute of Technology Mail Code 164-30, Pasadena, CA 91125 (USA) Fax: (+1) 626-564-9297

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Graphical Abstract

Stereoselective and chemoselective olefin cross metathesis can be viewed as a highly selective and efficient set of reactions that provide the same products as would selective CH activation and allylic oxidation (see scheme for an example). More active catalyst systems will provide an efficient process to functionalized products from readily available olefins. Cy=cyclohexyl.

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