Degradation of the First-Generation Grubbs Metathesis Catalyst with Primary Alcohols, Water, and Oxygen. Formation and Catalytic Activity of Ruthenium(II) Monocarbonyl Species

Degradation of the Second-Generation Gru

Degradation of the Second-Generation Grubbs Metathesis Catalyst with Primary Alcohols and Oxygen − Isomerization and Hydrogenation Activities of Monocarbonyl Complexes

✍ Maarten B. Dinger; Johannes C. Mol 📂 Article 📅 2003 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 142 KB

## Abstract Reaction of the second‐generation Grubbs metathesis catalyst [RuCl~2~(=CHPh)(H~2~IMes)(PCy~3~)] (2) (H~2~IMes = 1,3‐dimethyl‐4,5‐dihydroimidazol‐2‐ylidene) with primary alcohols in the presence of a base produced the complexes [RuClH(CO)(PCy~3~)~2~] (3) and [RuClH(CO)(H~2~IMes)(PCy~3~)]