Table 1.

Initial catalyst screening for molybdenum-catalyzed ARCM reactions of 6.^a

Entry	Chiral Mo Complex	Solvent	Conv. [%]b	ee [%]c
1	1 a	C6H6	<2	–
2	1 a	CH2Cl2	<2	–
3	1 b	C6H6	45	51
4	1 b	CH2Cl2	63	60
5	2	C6H6	15	−22
6	2	CH2Cl2	49	11
7	3 a	C6H6	38	60
8	3 a	CH2Cl2	32	53
9	3 b	C6H6	<2	–
10	3 b	CH2Cl2	<2	–
11	4 a	C6H6	51	16
12	4 a	CH2Cl2	65	11

^aAll reactions performed under a nitrogen atmosphere.

^bConversion into the desired product was measured by ¹H NMR analysis (400 MHz) of the unpurified reaction mixture; traces of homodimer derived from reaction of terminal olefins were present.

^cDetermined by GLC analysis of the purified material; see the Supporting Information for details.