@article{pittir18573,
          volume = {9},
          number = {1},
           month = {January},
          author = {G Moura-Letts and DP Curran},
           title = {Selective synthesis of (2Z,4E)-dienyl esters by ene-diene cross metathesis},
         journal = {Organic Letters},
           pages = {5 -- 8},
            year = {2007},
             url = {http://d-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu/18573/},
        abstract = {(Chemical Equation Presented) Cross metathesis of terminal alkenes with methyl (2Z4E)-hexadienoate and related dienyl esters provides substituted (2Z,4E)-dienyl esters in good yields. Small-scale reactions are effectively promoted by the standard second-generation Grubbs-Hoveyda catalyst (GH-II), while a new fluorous GH-II catalyst is used for separation and recovery in gram-scale reactions. The transformation is featured in a rapid synthesis of the bottom fragments of the potent anticancer agents (-)-dictyostatin and 6-epi-dictyostatin. {\copyright} 2007 American Chemical Society.}
}