TETRAHEDRON LETTERS, cilt.42, sa.49, ss.8673-8675, 2001 (SCI-Expanded)
A novel sequential palladium/ruthenium-catalysed three-component process is described involving allenylation of aryl/heteroaryl iodides to generate (pi -allyl) palladium species which are intercepted by nitrogen nucleophiles to afford 1,6- and 1,7-dienes. Subsequent ring-closing metathesis affords N-heterocycles in good yield. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.