Organic Letters 1999-09-23

Synthesis and activity of a new generation of ruthenium-based olefin metathesis catalysts coordinated with 1,3-dimesityl-4,5-dihydroimidazol-2-ylidene ligands.

M Scholl, S Ding, C W Lee, R H Grubbs

Index: Org. Lett. 1 , 953, (1999)

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Abstract

[formula: see text] A new family of 1,3-dimesityl-4,5-dihydroimidazol-2-ylidene-substituted ruthenium-based complexes 9a-c has been prepared starting from RuCl2(=CHPh)(PCy3)2 2. These air- and water-tolerant complexes were shown to exhibit an increased ring-closing metathesis activity at elevated temperature when compared to that of the parent complex 2 and the previously developed complex 3. In many instances the activity of these complexes also rivaled or exceeded that of the alkoxy-imido molybdenum complex 1. Catalyst loadings of as low as 0.05 mol% could be used.

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