A Novel Class of Ruthenium Catalysts for Olefin Metathesis

✍ Scribed by Thomas Weskamp; Wolfgang C. Schattenmann; Michael Spiegler; Wolfgang A. Herrmann

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 128 KB
• Volume: 37
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0044-8249
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(19981002)37:18<2490::aid-anie2490>3.0.co;2-x

✦ Synopsis

The different nature of carbene ligands is clearly demonstrated by the first ruthenium-based complexes 1, which contain both alkylidene and N-heterocyclic carbene moieties. The latter exhibit a pronounced Lewis base behavior. Moreover, this difference forms the basis of the high catalytic activities of these compounds in olefin metathesis reactions.