ROM–RCM of azabicycloheptene derivatives—Study of products distribution by the substituent on alkyne

Abstract

ROM–RCM (ring-opening metathesis and ring-closing metathesis) of azabicyclo[2.2.1]heptene-ynes using the second-generation Grubbs catalyst was investigated. When an azabicycloheptene derivative was exposed to a catalytic amount of a ruthenium carbene complex, pyrrolizidine and indolizidine derivatives were obtained in good yields. The distribution of these products depends on the substituents on the alkyne.