Cascade Reactions Catalyzed by Ruthenium, Iron, Iridium, Rhodium, and Copper

CASCADE REACTIONS CATALYZED BY RUTHENIUM, IRON, IRIDIUM, RHODIUM, AND COPPER 

The current requirements for clean, fast, efficient, and selective processes have increased the demand for cascade processes using transition metal salts or complexes as catalysts. Among transition metal catalysts, ruthenium, iron, iridium, rhodium, and copper have long been used widely and extensively as catalysts. In the past decade, a considerable number of cascade processes have been achieved with these catalysts. It has been well demonstrated that they are able to catalyze both intramolecular and intermolecular 

Catalytic Cascade Reactions, First Edition. Edited by Peng-Fei Xu, Wei Wang. 2014 John Wiley Sons, Inc. Published 2014 by John Wiley Sons, Inc. 

SCHEME 5.1 Ru-catalyzed cascade RCM/hydrogenation and RCEM/hydrogenation. 

SCHEME 5.6 Ru-catalyzed cascade reaction of norbomadiene and diynes. 

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