Synthesis of Molecular Cages by Using Alkyne Metathesis

摘要

Alkyne metathesis is powerful reaction for synthesis of rigid molecular-cages. This reaction selectively affords thermodynamically stable cages owing to the reversibility. Zhang et al. successfully synthesized several cages by using multi dentate Mo (VI) carbyne as the metathesis catalyst. Moore et al. revealed that the geometry of cage precursors affect the yields of alkyne metathesis.