Czekelius, Constantin Hafer, Jillian Tonzetich, Zachary J. Schrock, Richard R. Christensen, Ronald L. Müller, Peter Synthesis of Oligoenes that Contain up to 15 Double Bonds from 1,6-Heptadiynes This paper reports the synthesis of polyene oligomers (“oligoenes”) that contain up to 15 double bonds that are identical to the “all five-membered ring” species formed through cyclopolymerization of diisopropyldipropargylmalonate. The oligoenes contain an isopropylidene unit at each end. The isolated oligoenes range from the “dimer” (a pentaene, (<i>E</i>)-di-1,2-[1-(2-methyl-propenyl)-4,4-di-<i>iso</i>-propyl-carboxy-cyclopent-1-enyl]-ethene (<b>3b</b><b><sub>2</sub></b>)) to the “heptamer” (<b>3b</b><b><sub>7</sub></b>, a pentadecaene). Oligoenes <b>3b</b><b><sub>2</sub></b>, <b>3b</b><b><sub>3</sub></b>, <b>3b</b><b><sub>4</sub></b>, <b>3b</b><b><sub>5</sub></b>, and <b>3b</b><b><sub>7</sub></b> were prepared through Wittig-like reactions between aldehydes and the appropriate monometallic Mo alkylidene or bimetallic Mo bisalkylidene species whose alkylidene is derived from an identical five-membered ring monomeric unit. Compounds <b>3b</b><b><sub>2</sub></b>, <b>3b</b><b><sub>4</sub></b>, and <b>3b</b><b><sub>6</sub></b> were prepared through McMurry coupling reactions of aldehydes. A representative aldehyde (the “monomeric” aldehyde) is diisopropyl-3-formyl-4-(2-methylprop-1-enyl)cyclopent-3-ene-1,1-dicarboxylate (<b>2b</b>), McMurry coupling of which yields <b>3b</b><b><sub>2</sub></b>. A heptaene that contains a six-membered ring in the central unit also was prepared in a Wittig-like reaction involving a bimetallic Mo alkylidene; this species is a model for oligoenes that contain both six-membered and five-membered rings. X-ray structures of two bimetallic species that are employed in the synthesis of the oligoenes are reported. 15 Double Bonds;Oligoene;bimetallic Mo bisalkylidene species;isopropylidene unit;bimetallic species;synthesis;yields 3 b 2.;3 b 6;monometallic Mo alkylidene;McMurry;3 b 7;oligoenes range;monomeric;bimetallic Mo alkylidene;representative aldehyde 2006-12-27
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10.1021/ja0656705.s001