Arene Ring Expansion by Ruthenium η<sup>6</sup>‐Arene Complexes
Abstract Transition metal π‐arene complexes enable the dearomatization of benzene rings to access diversified unsaturated carbocycles through multistep synthetic procedures involving sequential addition of nucleophiles and electrophiles. This work details a single‐step dearomatization process by reaction of Ru(η 6 ‐arene) complexes with enolates derived from α‐halo or α‐(tosyloxy)esters to directly transform π‐coordinated arenes to ring‐expanded cycloheptatrienes.
Authors
- Tobias Ritter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6957-450X)
- Zikuan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4540-8734)
- William G. Whitehurst (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9789-1265)
- Felix Waldbach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2030-0874)
- Tim Schulte (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3976-1907)
Institutions
- Max Planck Society (DE)
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung (DE)
- RWTH Aachen University (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Angewandte Chemie
- Published
- 2024-11-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202421608
- Primary Topic
- Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00