“…A variety of stoichiometric [6 + 2] cycloadditions of conjugated cyclic trienes with alkenes, dienes, and alkynes have been intensively investigated, and it has been found that [6 + 2] cycloadditions can be extended to other metal complexes, such as iron, chromium, cobalt, molybdenum, ruthenium, and titanium complexes . A catalytic [6 + 2] cycloaddition reaction using a Ziegler (TiCl 4 /Et 2 AlCl) catalyst was first reported by Mach .…”