Núñez Ana, Cuadro Ana M, Alvarez-Builla Julio, Vaquero Juan J
Departamento de Química OrgAnica, Universidad de AlcalA, 28871-AlcalA de Henares, Madrid, Spain.
Org Lett. 2007 Aug 2;9(16):2977-80. doi: 10.1021/ol070773t. Epub 2007 Jul 11.
The ring-closing metathesis (RCM) reaction of N-vinyl-alpha-(2-styryl)azinium salts, using the Hoveyda-Grubbs catalyst, leads to different tricyclic and tetracyclic azonia cations with moderate to good yields. This is the first time that a highly electron-deficient alkene such as an N-vinylpyridinium has been involved in an RCM process.