DOI: 10.1039/d6gc03831j ISSN: 1463-9262

Native photoreactivity-enabled ruthenium-catalyzed scalable alkene isomerization

Hang Gu, Jun-Quan Miu, Fanfan Wang, Djike Tchuente Berol Loik, Weiping Su, Shao-Fei Ni, Xiaoming Jie

Visible-light-driven Ru-catalyzed terminal alkene isomerization to 2-alkenes proceeds under N-ligand- and solvent-free conditions with low catalyst loading and excellent scalability.