A Series of Well‐Defined Metathesis Catalysts–Synthesis of [RuCl<sub>2</sub>(CHR′)(PR<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>] and Its Reactions

Peter Schwab(California Institute of Technology), Marcia B. France(Washington and Lee University), Joseph W. Ziller(University of California, Irvine), Robert H. Grubbs(California Institute of Technology)
Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English
October 2, 1995
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Abstract

Substantially better initiators and therefore considerably more reactive than complexes of type A, the novel metathesis catalysts B are easily prepared by the reaction of [RuCl2(PPh3)3] with the appropriate diazoalkanes and subsequent phosphane exchange. While the PPh3 derivatives are excellent catalysts for living ROMP of norbornene, the complex with R = Cy, R′ = Ph is also a very efficient catalyst for the metathesis of acyclic alkenes.


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