Can the 1st generation Grubbs Catalyst be used for ring closing metathesis on non-terminal alkenes?

I'm wondering if the 1st generation Grubbs catalyst can be used to do ring closing metathesis on a non-terminal alkene.




Yes, it appears that that ring closing metathesis of non-terminal alkenes has been performed using the [1st generation Grubbs catalyst](http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/catalog/product/aldrich/579726?lang=en&region=US) several times:


* [Asymmetric syntheses of enantiopure C(5)-substituted transpentacins
via diastereoselective Ireland–Claisen rearrangements](http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C3CC43250E)
* [Stereoselective Synthesis of Deuterium-Labeled (2S)-Cyclohexenyl
Alanines, Biosynthetic Intermediates of Cinnabaramide](http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ol3029548)
* [Ru-catalyzed metathesis of octadienylether xyloside](http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.catcom.2007.12.004) [Synthesis
of (−)-Agelastatin A by [3.3] Sigmatropic Rearrangement of Allyl
Cyanate](http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ol0709735)
* [A chiral auxiliary cleavable by ring-closing alkene
metathesis — Efficient synthesis of chiral nonracemic
cycloalkenes](http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/v06-095)
* [Conversion of chiral unsaturated cyanohydrins into
chiral carba- and heterocycles via ring-closing metathesis](http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2004.07.103)
* [Total Synthesis of Pancratistatin Relying on the [3,3]-Sigmatropic
Rearrangement](http://doi.dx.org/10.1021/jo035371n)
* [Stereoselective Chelate-Controlled Addition of Grignard Reagents to Unsaturated Medium-Ring Heterocycles](http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jo981745e)


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