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Enyne metathesis reactions are accelerated by ethylene as is demonstrated in the reaction displayed in scheme 5:
In this reaction with the Hoveyda-Grubbs Catalyst, ethylene converts the alkyne group to the corresponding diene group prior to the reaction with the alkene group.
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