H. Doucet et al., PREPARATION OF TUNABLE (PH(2)P(CH2)(N)PPH2)RU(2-METHYLPROPENYL)(2) CATALYSTS AND THEIR USE FOR THE STEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF DIENYL ESTERS, Bulletin de la Societe chimique de France, 133(10), 1996, pp. 939-944
New (Ph(2)P(CH2)(n)PPh(2))Ru(2-methylpropenyl) 2 complexes have been p
repared and their catalytic activity chas made possible the regioselec
tive anti-Markovnikov and stereoselective trans-addition of carboxylic
acids to enynes and the straightforward access to (Z)-alka-1,3-dien-1
-yl esters.