Study towards diversity oriented synthesis of optically active substituted cyclopentane fused carbocyclic and oxacyclic medium-sized rings: Competition between Grubbs-II catalyzed ring closing olefin metathesis and ring closing carbonyl-olefin metathesis
A study towards diversity-oriented synthesis of optically active cyclopentane fused bicyclic frameworks has been accomplished. The common intermediate was prepared from commercially available starting material (S)-carvone. The observations on competition between Grubbs-II catalyzed ring closing metathesis (RCM) and ring closing carbonyl-olefin metathesis (RCCOM) were the key features of the study.