Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Ring closing metathesis of sugar-derived 1,6 dienes is the key step for the construction of highly functionnalized cyclohexenes, precursors of branched cyclitols and aminocyclitols. The method has been used for a short synthesis of valiolamine. ... RCM of a sugar-derived 1,6 diene ...