All You Need To Know About Enyne Metathesis

Basic Facts You Need To Know

1. It's a reaction between an alkene and a alkyne.
2. The product is two alkenes.
3. The reaction could be intermolecular and intramolecular.
4. In a ring closing enyne metathesis, five and six membered rings could be easily achieved, whereas seven and eight membered rings are not formed unless the ring has a hetero atom.
5. Mono substituted alkenes react faster than di- or trisubstituted alkenes.

Mechanism

This reaction mechanism shown above is an ring closing enyne metathesis.

Synthesis Application

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