Arene Ring Expansion by Ruthenium η<sup>6</sup>‐Arene Complexes
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<sup>6</sup>-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 International Edition
- Published
- 2024-11-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202421608
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.16