Fd. Boyer et al., Synthesis of polyoxygenated bicyclic systems containing medium-sized ringsfrom carbohydrates via tandem metathesis of dienynes, ORG LETT, 3(20), 2001, pp. 3095-3098
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Highly functionalized (5-7), (5-8), and (6-8) ring systems have been prepar
ed from carbohydrates via tandem ring-closing metathesis of dienynes.