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Chem. Commun., 2008, 253 - 255, DOI: 10.1039/b712197k

Catalytic ring expansion, contraction, and metathesis-polymerization of cycloalkanes

Ritu Ahuja, Sabuj Kundu, Alan S. Goldman, Maurice Brookhart, Brian C. Vicente and Susannah L. Scott

Tandem dehydrogenation–olefin-metathesis catalyst systems, comprising a pincer-ligated iridium-based alkane dehydrogenation catalyst and a molybdenum-based olefin-metathesis catalyst, are reported to effect the metathesis-cyclooligomerization of cyclooctane and cyclodecane to give cycloalkanes with various carbon numbers, predominantly multiples of the substrate carbon number, and polymers.

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