{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Youn G"],"funding":["Division of Chemistry","National Institute of General Medical Sciences","NIGMS NIH HHS"],"pagination":["29-36"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8529632"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["1(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Herein, we report the origin of unexpected reactivity of bicyclo[4.2.0]oct-6-ene substrates containing an α,β-unsaturated amide moiety in ruthenium-catalyzed alternating ring-opening metathesis polymerization reactions. Specifically, compared with control substrates bearing an ester, alkyl ketone, nitrile, or tertiary amide substituent, α,β-unsaturated substrates with a weakly acidic proton showed increased rates of ring-opening metathesis mediated by Grubbs-type ruthenium catalysts. <sup>1</sup>H NMR and IR spectral analyses indicated that deprotonation of the α,β-unsaturated amide substrates resulted in stronger coordination of the carbonyl group to the ruthenium metal center. Principal component analysis identified ring strain and the electron density on the carbonyl oxygen (based on structures optimized by means of ωB97X-D/6311+G(2df,2p) calculations) as the two key contributors to fast ring-opening metathesis of the bicyclo[4.2.0]oct-6-enes; whereas the dipole moment, conjugation, and energy of the highest occupied molecular orbital had little to no effect on the reaction rate. We conclude that alternating ring-opening metathesis polymerization reactions of bicyclo[4.2.0]oct-6-enes with unstrained cycloalkenes require an ionizable proton for efficient generation of alternating polymers."],"journal":["ACS organic & inorganic Au"],"pubmed_title":["Substituent Effects Provide Access to Tetrasubstituted Ring-Opening Olefin Metathesis of Bicyclo[4.2.0]oct-6-enes."],"pmcid":["PMC8529632"],"funding_grant_id":["R01 GM097971","R01GM097971","R35 GM145247","CHE1609494"],"pubmed_authors":["Youn G","Sampson NS"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Substituent Effects Provide Access to Tetrasubstituted Ring-Opening Olefin Metathesis of Bicyclo[4.2.0]oct-6-enes.","description":"Herein, we report the origin of unexpected reactivity of bicyclo[4.2.0]oct-6-ene substrates containing an α,β-unsaturated amide moiety in ruthenium-catalyzed alternating ring-opening metathesis polymerization reactions. Specifically, compared with control substrates bearing an ester, alkyl ketone, nitrile, or tertiary amide substituent, α,β-unsaturated substrates with a weakly acidic proton showed increased rates of ring-opening metathesis mediated by Grubbs-type ruthenium catalysts. <sup>1</sup>H NMR and IR spectral analyses indicated that deprotonation of the α,β-unsaturated amide substrates resulted in stronger coordination of the carbonyl group to the ruthenium metal center. Principal component analysis identified ring strain and the electron density on the carbonyl oxygen (based on structures optimized by means of ωB97X-D/6311+G(2df,2p) calculations) as the two key contributors to fast ring-opening metathesis of the bicyclo[4.2.0]oct-6-enes; whereas the dipole moment, conjugation, and energy of the highest occupied molecular orbital had little to no effect on the reaction rate. We conclude that alternating ring-opening metathesis polymerization reactions of bicyclo[4.2.0]oct-6-enes with unstrained cycloalkenes require an ionizable proton for efficient generation of alternating polymers.","dates":{"release":"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2021 Oct","modification":"2025-04-06T19:38:36.931Z","creation":"2025-04-06T19:38:36.931Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8529632","cross_references":{"pubmed":["34693402"],"doi":["10.1021/acsorginorgau.1c00016"]}}