Ene–yne cross-metathesis with ruthenium carbene catalysts

Abstract

Conjugated 1,3-dienes are important building blocks in organic and polymer chemistry. Enyne metathesis is a powerful catalytic reaction to access such structural domains. Recent advances and developments in ene–yne cross-metathesis (EYCM) leading to various compounds of interest and their intermediates, that can directly be transformed in tandem procedures, are reviewed in this article. In addition, the use of bio-resourced olefinic substrates is presented.

Keywords

• catalysis
• cross-metathesis
• enyne
• fatty acid esters
• ruthenium