Abstract
An improved one-pot synthesis of olefin metathesis catalysts (PCy3)(L)Ru=CHPhCl2 (L = N-heterocyclic nueleophilic carbene: IMes, 3; SIMes, 4) employs potassium tert-amylate to deprotonate the imidazolium salt ligand precursor. Both of the reaction steps are carried out using a one-pot protocol in hexane with commercially available reagents under mild conditions, permitting the isolation of 3 and 4 by simple filtration.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 442-444 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Organometallics |
Volume | 21 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 21 Jan 2002 |
Keywords
- N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENES
- CROSS-METATHESIS
- IMIDAZOL-2-YLIDENE LIGANDS
- ORGANIC-SYNTHESIS
- COMPLEXES
- POLYMERIZATION
- BEARING
- RUCL2(=CHR')(PR(3))(2)
- SCOPE
- RCM