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Heterogeneous Removal of Water-Soluble Ruthenium Olefin Metathesis Catalyst from Aqueous Media Via Host-Guest Interaction
Published on: August 23, 2018
Synthesis of electronically modified Ru-based neutral 16 VE allenylidene olefin metathesis precatalysts
Martin Lichtenheldt1, Steffen Kress, Siegfried Blechert
1Technische Universität Berlin, Institut für Chemie, Sekr. C3, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, Berlin 10623, Germany.
Abstract:
Electronic modifications within Ru-based olefin metathesis precatalysts have provided a number of new complexes with significant differences in reactivity profiles. So far, this aspect has not been studied for neutral 16 VE allenylidenes. The first synthesis of electronically altered complexes of this type is reported. Following the classical dehydration approach (vide infra) modified propargyl alcohols were transformed to the targeted allenylidene systems in the presence of PCy₃. The catalytic performance was investigated in RCM reaction (ring closing metathesis) of benchmark substrates such as diallyltosylamide and diethyl diallylmalonate.
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