Winding vine-shaped molecular asymmetry is induced by enantioselective ring-closing metathesis with a chiral molybdenum catalyst. The reaction proceeds under mild conditions through an E-selective ring-closing metathesis leading to macrocyclic bisazoles with enantioselectivities of up to 96% ee.

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