Application of Group 3 and lanthanide metallocenes
as catalysts for selective organic synthesis*
Gary A. Molander
Roy and Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of
Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323 USA
Abstract: Metallocene complexes of the Group 3 metals and lanthanides
have been utilized for cyclization/silylation reactions of polyunsaturated
organic substrates. Acyclic dienes, trienes, enynes, and dienynes can
be selectively cyclized to provide five- and six-membered rings in high
yields.
*Lecture presented at the 13th International
Conference on Organic Synthesis (ICOS-13), Warsaw, Poland, 1-5 July
2000.
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