Claims
- 1. A reaction mixture comprising a solvent having dissolved therein both (a) an allyl alcohol substrate and (b) a ruthenium-based catalyst capable of catalyzing the metathesis condensation of the substrate.
- 2. The reaction mixture of claim 1, wherein the catalyst is 1,3-dimesityl-4,5-dihydroimidazol-2-ylidene ruthenium benzylidene (Ru*).
- 3. The reaction mixture of claim 1, wherein the solvent is a hydrocarbon-based solvent.
- 4. The reaction mixture of claim 3, wherein the hydrocarbon-based solvent is selected from the group consisting of dichloromethane, tetrahydrofuran, dimethoxyethane, and acetone.
- 5. The reaction mixture of claim 1, further comprising an olefin product having a different chemical structure than the substrate, the product being formed by the metathesis condensation of the substrate.
- 6. The reaction mixture of claim 5, wherein the catalyst is 1,3-dimesityl-4,5-dihydroimidazol-2-ylidene ruthenium benzylidene (Ru*).
- 7. The reaction mixture of claim 5, wherein the allylic olefin product is 2-butene-1,4-diol.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
The present application is a division of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/849,100 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,521,799 filed May 4, 2001 entitled “Metathesis of Functionalized Allylic Olefins,” which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional patent application No. 60/201,918 filed May 4, 2000 and entitled “Metathesis Dimerization of Functionalized Allylic Olefins.”
STATEMENT AS TO FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH
This invention was made with United States Government support awarded by the Army Research Office, Grant No. DAAG55-97-1-0023; and by the National Science Foundation, Division of Materials Research, Grant No. DMR-9806492. The United States Government has certain rights in this invention.
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