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Synthesis of Medium‐Sized Rings by the Ring‐Closing Metathesis Reaction
Author(s) -
Maier Martin E.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/1521-3773(20000616)39:12<2073::aid-anie2073>3.0.co;2-0
Subject(s) - cyclopentane , ring closing metathesis , olefin metathesis , salt metathesis reaction , ring (chemistry) , chemistry , stereochemistry , metathesis , closing (real estate) , organic chemistry , political science , polymerization , polymer , law
Conformational constraints are the keys for the efficient synthesis of medium‐sized rings by ring‐closing olefin metathesis (RCM). While the RCM reaction has already proved itself in the synthesis of the larger macrocycles, like that found in epothilone, only recently has this reaction been increasingly used in the construction of eight‐ to ten‐membered carbo‐ and heterocycles. In the picture, a cyclopentane ring ensures the conformational constraints necessary for a successful cyclization.