Ruthenium-Catalyzed Reactions of 1-Cyclopropyl-2-propyn-1-ols with Anilines and Water via Allenylidene Intermediates: Selective Preparation of Tri- and Tetrasubstituted Conjugated Enynes
Ruthenium-catalyzed efficient preparation of the conjugated enynes can be carried out in thereactions of 1-cyclopropyl-2-propyn-1-ols with nitrogen- and oxygen-centered nucleophiles such as anilinesand water in the presence of a catalytic amount of sulfur-bridged diruthenium complexes. The use of suchcomplexes as catalysts realizes the completely stereoselective preparation of tri- and tetrasubstitutedconjugated enynes, where ruthenium-allenylidene complexes work as key intermediates. The direct attackof nucleophiles on a cyclopropane ring connected to an allenylidene ligand is a key step to obtain theenynes stereoselectively.