Synthesis of chiral mono(N-heterocyclic carbene) palladium and gold complexes with a 1,1'-biphenyl scaffold and their applications in catalysis

• Lian-jun Liu,
• Feijun Wang,
• Wenfeng Wang,
• Mei-xin Zhao and
• Min Shi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 555–564, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.64

• allylic acetates [75][76], carbene-transfer reactions from ethyl diazoacetate [77], formation of conjugated enones and enals [78], regio- and stereoselective synthesis of fluoroalkenes [79], and so on [80][81][82][83][84][85]. However, reports on NHC–Au catalyzed asymmetric reactions are rare [86]. The

Ene–yne cross-metathesis with ruthenium carbene catalysts

• Cédric Fischmeister and
• Christian Bruneau

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 156–166, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.22

• Grubbs II catalyst and 2 equiv of CuSO4, the cross-metathesis of terminal alkynes with ethyl vinyl ether led to the expected dienyl ether at 80 °C under microwave heating in toluene, whereas in H2O/t-BuOH conjugated enals were formed [70]. As already mentioned with dienes resulting from EYCM with