Trost B M, Shen H C
Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-5080, USA.
Org Lett. 2000 Aug 10;2(16):2523-5. doi: 10.1021/ol0061945.
The influence of substituents on which cyclopropyl bond cleaves in the cycloisomerization of cyclopropylenynes catalyzed by CpRu(N&tbd1;CCH(3))(3)(+)PF(6)(-) is compared to the corresponding Rh-catalyzed reaction. With the trans cyclopropyl substrates, the bond energy of the cleaving bond appears to be an important factor. With cis cyclopropyl substrates, steric effects appear to dominate.