G. Descotes et al., METATHESIS OF OMEGA-UNSATURATED GLUCOSIDES WITH CHLORO-ARYLOXIDE COMPLEXES OF TUNGSTEN, AS A NEW WAY LEADING TO UNSATURATED BOLAAMPHIPHILES, Tetrahedron letters, 35(40), 1994, pp. 7379-7382
Glucosides of unsaturated alcohols, bearing different protecting soups
at glucose units underwent catalytic metathesis affording bolaamphiph
iles with good yields. Tungsten aryloxo-complexes (1 and 2) were found
to be superior catalysts for this process.