Dimerization of Conjugated Dienes

Cyclopolymerization of Conjugated Dienes

The formation of essentially saturated polymers containing fused cyclohexane rings is a characteristic of the polymerization of conjugated dienes under the influence of all cationic or Lewis acid catalysts. The amount of cyclic structures and non-terminal linear unsaturation is dependent upon the electron accepting ability of the catalyst, which may be greatly influenced by the nature of the so...

1,2-selective hydrosilylation of conjugated dienes.

Selective 1,2-hydrosilylation of 1,3-dienes is a challenging problem in transition metal catalysis. Butadiene, specifically, would be a useful substrate because 3-butenylsilane products have promise as superior coupling reagents for hybrid organic/inorganic materials synthesis. We report the first selective 1,2-hydrosilylation of conjugated dienes including butadiene. Hydrosilylation proceeds t...

Regio- and stereoselective formation of conjugated dienes by titanocene(ii)-promoted alkylation of propargyl carbonates.

Conjugated dienes were produced with complete regio- and stereoselectivity by the titanocene(ii)-promoted alkylation of propargyl carbonates via the formation of 2,3,4-trisubstituted titanacyclobutenes.

Synthesis of conjugated dienes via a biomimetic aerobic oxidative coupling of two C(vinyl)-H bonds.

Stereo- and regioselectivity of the hetero-Diels–Alder reaction of nitroso derivatives with conjugated dienes

The hetero-Diels-Alder reaction between a nitroso dienophile and a conjugated diene to give the 3,6-dihydro-2H-1,2-oxazine scaffold is useful for the synthesis of many biologically interesting molecules due to the diverse opportunities created by subsequent transformations of the resulting 1,2-oxazine ring. This review discusses the rationale for the observed regio- and stereoselectivity and th...