A Good Bargain: An Inexpensive, Air-Stable Ruthenium Metathesis Catalyst Derived from α-Asarone.

A Good Bargain: An Inexpensive, Air-Stab

A Good Bargain: An Inexpensive, Air-Stable Ruthenium Metathesis Catalyst Derived from α-Asarone

✍ Karol Grela; Mikhail Kim 📂 Article 📅 2003 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 100 KB

## Abstract The one‐step synthesis of ruthenium carbene precatalyst **7** from inexpensive α‐asarone [(__E__)‐**6**] is described. This recyclable and easy to obtain complex can be used successfully in various types of metathesis (RCM, CM, enyne) as a cheaper and more potent substitute of the Hovey