Title: Formation of Five- and Six-Membered Heterocyclic Compounds by Ringclosing Metathesis
VOLUME: 7 ISSUE: 2
Author(s):K. C. Majumdar, Buddhadeb Chattopadhyay and Krishanu Ray
Affiliation:Department of Chemistry,University of Kalyani, Kalyani-741235, W. B., India.
Keywords:Ring closing metathesis, synthesis of heterocycles, Grubbs 'catalyst, oxygen heterocycles, nitrogen heterocycles
Abstract: This brief review article describes the progress made in the synthesis of five- and six-membered heterocyclic rings by the application of the ring-closing metathesis reactions during the period of 2007-2008.